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Originally Posted by 2012WhiteSolera
In keeping with the dicussion here, does anybody know how 2 six volt golf cart batteries wired in series, to put out the required 12v might work. I understand that the plate construction in golf cart batteries is much heavier, and allows for a deeper discharge and recovery with less over all damage to the useful battery life. Also, might the recharge function be an issue with golf cart type batteries, given the existing battery management system on the Solera . Just raising a question here.
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Plate thickness and surface area determines AH capacity.
Because there are only 3 cells in a six volt battery, they can have higher AH plates in the same footprint of battery. BUT YOU NEED TWO to get that AH capacity in a 12 volt system RV. Voltage doubles NOT AH.
A 12 volt battery has 6 cells so they have about 1/2 thickness of the plates and thus about 1/2 the AH capacity of a similar size and constructed 6 volt battery; BUT they are 12 volts and can be used "stand alone" if the companion battery gets damaged somehow. Two of them will give you similar AH as two 6 volt batteries of the same size and construction. Double the AH; NOT voltage.
The choice will be up to you. (You could also buy 6 2 volt batteries, etc)
Lots of good reading in the links I posted here
House battery group number??
Linear Mode
