roamingaz
Explorer
I read through a lot of threads here but still not getting my questions answered.
My goal is to avoid the electrical disaster I had at overland expo when my 2 new optimas crapped out on me leaving me with no auxillery power to run a fridge, etc.
Most of my trips will be 2-3 days with one or two 7 day trips during the year, I need to be able to maintain a charge on a battery running a new model ARB fridge, small power inverter and a couple LED lights.
I was originaly going to get a Diehard platinum marine 12 volt but after doing some searching I found the 4D and 8D 12 volt batteries have twice the Amp hour rating and cost twice as much, 2 6 volt batteries would be 4 times the amp hours!
SO would I be better off with 2 6 volt batteries or stay with the single 12 volt?
Am I corect in my understanding that a 6 volt battery with a 220 amp hour rating would be 440 amp hours when adding another battery to get 12 volts?
That would be a huge amount of power reserve and would easily run my fridge for a couple days....right?
I want to keep my system simple and will charge/maintain with a 80 watt solar panel.
any suggestions would be awsome
My goal is to avoid the electrical disaster I had at overland expo when my 2 new optimas crapped out on me leaving me with no auxillery power to run a fridge, etc.
Most of my trips will be 2-3 days with one or two 7 day trips during the year, I need to be able to maintain a charge on a battery running a new model ARB fridge, small power inverter and a couple LED lights.
I was originaly going to get a Diehard platinum marine 12 volt but after doing some searching I found the 4D and 8D 12 volt batteries have twice the Amp hour rating and cost twice as much, 2 6 volt batteries would be 4 times the amp hours!
SO would I be better off with 2 6 volt batteries or stay with the single 12 volt?
Am I corect in my understanding that a 6 volt battery with a 220 amp hour rating would be 440 amp hours when adding another battery to get 12 volts?
That would be a huge amount of power reserve and would easily run my fridge for a couple days....right?
I want to keep my system simple and will charge/maintain with a 80 watt solar panel.
any suggestions would be awsome