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Originally Posted by jpmihalk
Sounds like the wrong type of batteries are being used for the wrong application. Your starting (chassis) battery should be a 12V starting battery, but the house batteries should be deep cycle (either 6V or 12V.) You may want to consider replacing the house batteries with good deep cycle batteries, and move the starting battery to the chassis battery wiring. If they are sealed lead acid batteries, you may also want to check their water levels and top them off (cover the plates) every so often with distilled water. Constant charging tends to wreck SLA batteries as the fluid boils off and the level goes down, uncovering the lead plates and making them less effective. If you choose to replace them, I would recommend AGM (absorbed glass mat) deep cycle batteries as they are pretty much no maintenance batteries.
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Thanks for the reply.
I was thinking they installed the wrong application of batteries also. If I change out the 2 batteries to 6V and still have the 12V deep cycle, am I going to have any problems? Seems that I wouldn't want to mismatch the system like that.
I would definitely go with AGM if/when I replace them. You get better aH and less maintenance. I was thinking also o fbuying pure lead batteries for more run time. Thoughts?
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