Posted by John in La on August 25, 2013 at 09:25:24 from (96.33.136.54):
In Reply to: School me on Batteries posted by John in La on August 24, 2013 at 08:10:09:
Thanks for the help guys. The marine 12v battery I have is working great for now. I am putting my cheap battery charger on it a few hours a day to keep it charged till I decide what onboard charger to buy.
I understand the cost to A/H life of battery ratio. Paying $200 for a battery that gives you twice the life and same A/H as a $100 battery is no real savings. Plus their is so much data to look at you could pull your hair out trying to dig threw all of it. Such as the Napa 8144. Good battery but is it the best choice when you consider A/H to dollars spent. For $5 more you can get the 8146 and gain 90 Min @25Amps. Then you look at the Trojan T105 with its 1 yr. warranty. For about $30 more you can get the T105re with the same A/H's but a 5 yr. warranty because it is a better battery.
Way to much for my little brain to comprehend especially since this is a live in rather than a camping trailer for right now. We have no real use for more A/H of draw from the battery bank because we are plugged in 24/7.
What I am more worried about is how the plugged in 24/7 effects the battery and the charger I need to buy. In other words does a battery work better if it is kept on a trickle charge all the time or unhooked from a charge every so often and allowed to discharge some. I do not want the battery to overcharge because the charger is putting out more amps than we can use. Or would it be better to just unhook the battery and run off the charger. How would that effect the life of the charger.
Since I can not find a charger that fills the battery and then shuts down till the battery gets to say 80%; then fully charges the battery again I guess I will have to live with a trickle charge 24/7 type of charger.
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