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Originally Posted by Richard Davis
I'm about to buy a new battery for my Scamp. Trojan was mentioned as a possible source of the "real thing", if I could find one.
Just wondering what other egg-heads use? Or does the cost of a true deep cycle that fits cancel out the better efficiency of that battery type, so we just settle for the hybrid?
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The best bang for the buck, is a pair of 6volt Trojan T105's in parallel, if you can keep your usage between 100% fully charged to 50% charged the batteries will last for 10 or more years.
My first set of Exide 6V golf cart batteries lasted for 11 years of full time liveaboard rv-ing. During that time I read a test of various deep cycle batts and trojan t105s gave the best return for the price.
Of course if you have the money, go lithium you will get 3 or 4 times the service life.