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Originally Posted by TyCreek
That Deka battery is, apples to apples, a 230ah battery. Basically the same as your new batteries. The 75 reference had me thinking small motorcycle size.
I don't know how old or degraded they are but if they're in decent working condition, really with FLA as long as you keep those paired they could be ok in parallel with the new ones. Monitor water consumption to know if the charge cycle is boiling some cells excessively. |
These were replaced by the dealer last Sept, so they are some what new, not much usage. Physically they are the same size as the Trojans but stated the 75 amp hour. So your saying that these are actually 230 amps about the same as the trojans? (Sorry to be so ignorant on this)
I started to go back to the dealer and just have them do it, but when they stated that they only use a 6 gage wire for everything! It really sent up a red flag! I may not know much but I do know you need a heavier battery cable than that. I used a 1 gage to connect the batteries together and will use a 4-0 to go to the inverter but I am thinking I need to go to a 2-0 if not heavier gage on the batteries and stay with the 4-0 to the inverter. between that and the price they wanted, not to mention the time frame they wanted quickly ruled them out!
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