View Poll Results: - Have you ever experienced failure of one of your 6 volt deep cycle batteries?
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No, I've never had a 6 volt battery fail
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50.00% |
No, and battery has been over-discharged
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7.69% |
No, and battery electrolyte has been run low
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Yes I have experienced failure and it was properly maintained
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3.85% |
Yes and battery was over-discharged
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Yes and battery electrolyte was run low
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3.85% |
I have no experience with 6 volt batteries.
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03-12-2016, 08:37 AM
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Location: Virginia`s Eastern Shore
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- Have you ever experienced failure of one of your 6 volt deep cycle batteries?
As requested by member SmokerBill here is our latest poll.
Have you ever experienced failure of one of your 6 volt deep cycle batteries?
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03-12-2016, 09:09 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 968
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No failures, but my two 6-volt batteries (Sam's Club Energizer GC-2 208 AH) are only 3 years old.
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03-12-2016, 09:19 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Sparwood, BC
Posts: 2,800
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No failures on dual 6 volt batteries. No matter what battery system you use a individual cell can fail.
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03-12-2016, 09:29 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Clearwater, FL area
Posts: 5,196
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No failures with my (2) Trojan T145 (260Ah) batteries, going on 4 years in a few months.
Don
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03-12-2016, 10:48 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 1,588
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Twin Trojan T-105s entering year 3 and going strong. They spend the winter on a battery tender and I never have and never will bring them below 12.0V. Controlled by a Progressive Dynamics Smart Charger in the trailer.
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03-12-2016, 11:26 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: PNW
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My Trojan T105s are going on 4 years, and still working well, though I have a feeling that total capacity has dropped a bit. And I've been cycling them daily for most of that time, so some loss can be expected.
And thanks Crabman for setting up the poll.
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Bill
2011 Dodge Ram 1500 HEMI Quad Cab
2011 Jay Flight 26BH
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03-12-2016, 11:32 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: smithville, ont.
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In my traded in SOB the Trojans were 6 years old and spent every winter outside.
They were less than when they were brand new but we're still acceptable.
Have two fresh ones in the new pull.
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520watts of solar. Morningstar MPPT
4 6volt 235ah Surrette batteries
2017 F-350 Platinum CC SRW
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03-13-2016, 01:40 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: North Central Louisiana
Posts: 120
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Had 1 fail that was properly maintained. Pair of T-105's in a used SOB that failed after 8 years of use. Tongue jack was working when I hooked up to the truck and was not working when I unhitched 200 miles later. Was in a full service campground so was able to run the 12 volt systems until I could locate a replacement battery source.
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Mike Laupp
'13 Jayco Premier 351RLTS
'17 F350 King Ranch Ultimate FX4 6.7L TD SRW LB BackFlip F1
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03-17-2016, 12:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Mills River
Posts: 270
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2 Sam's Club batts put in our travel trailer 05/07. Lowest I think I ever pulled them was 11.7 volts. Spent winters outside, charged monthly by the WFCO converter for a couple of days. Getting new ones with the new 5th, but left these on for the guy who bought our old camper. Best I could tell, as of a boondocking trip last fall, they still had around 85% capacity of new.
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