SCADAMAN29325
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Thinking about this for my house battery and for starting the onboard generator, $120.
EverStart Maxx, SLA, Group Size 65N (12 Volt/850 CCA)
What do y'all think?
Thanks!
THANKS! Phil and LuAnn
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bobndot
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You get what you pay for.
The battery you show is a starting battery with a CCA rating. Its not a coach battery that will stand up to being charged and discharged repeatedly. Battery life will be reduced and it will deplete its Amps sooner than a deep cycle battery.
Look at the specs of batteries in their description. Read the weight. You will notice that a starting battery will weigh less than an equal size deep cycle bc the deep cycle will have heavier plates. Thats what you need.
65n is about 47 lbs. grp 31 agm hybrid deep cycle is 69 lbs.
I would be looking for something like a Deka agm 100ah hybrid deep cycle battery It will start your genny, no problem. Deka 8A31DT AGM Battery
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Grit dog
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That's the wrong type of battery to use as a house battery. It'll work ok, but a deep cycle battery will withstand discharges better and apples to apples last longer as a house battery. Idk if you can still get a true deep cycle only 12V battery as most are "Marine/Starting/Deep cycle" but at least they have thicker plates and will last longer than a pure cranking battery like you're looking at.
And the onboard generator will start off of any 12V battery basically. It's just a little lawnmower engine. Any 100ah deep cycle will crank the generator over without issue.
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pianotuna
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SCADAMAN29325,
I would not use a starter battery for the "house".
An SiO2 could be used in that manner. But you may not like the price.
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edited 12/09/22 09:02am by pianotuna *
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SJ-Chris
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This one is less expensive AND better designed to be a coach/house battery:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/EverStart-Lead-Acid-Marine-RV-Deep-Cycle-Battery-Group-Size-29DC-12V-845-MCA/20531543?athbdg=L1600
Good luck!
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time2roll
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Fine for starting the generator. Not going to provide much power or have a long life living off the grid.
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midnightsadie
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wal mart deep cycle biggest that will fit the box. we don,t dry camp ,90% of the time have hook ups, ours are 4years old sill working fine. P.s any battery needs a little car clean post clean battery check charge WATER .
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enblethen
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Here is RV batteries from Walmart. You need to determine which one is best for you. If you do little dry camping, a group 24 will suffice.
Everstart RV batteries
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Grit dog
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pianotuna wrote:SCADAMAN29325,
I would not use a starter battery for the "house".
An SiO2 could be used in that manner. But you may not like the price.
Lol. At almost double the cost of LFP and 5x as much as FLA?
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pianotuna
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Grit dog,
As I said "you may not like the price".
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