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Re: Coach Battery Removal

Reply #25 – November 21, 2015, 08:07:45 pm

Yes my batteries were the 160 lb ones makes me invent ways to lift and move them. I think you should remove the joey bed slider and then remove the rail that is by the battery compartment. I would not cut the rail and try to jury rig it back together. and as has been said replace all batteries at the same time as the old batteries will very quickly make the one new battery an old battery and then you will need to replace all 3 then

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Re: Coach Battery Removal

Reply #26 – November 22, 2015, 03:42:39 am

I bought my Lifeline AGM  batteries from Lifeline Batteries, Inc.  They are at  Lifeline Batteries - Marine & RV Deep Cycle AGM Batteries
They were easy to work with, I spoke with them several times on the phone before ordering from them.  I chose to use the GPL-4CT-2V because and the amp hours were about the same.  I did have to redo the cabling since the 2 volt batteries are in series rather than parallel but it was easy and made for a very neat installation. 

If I were an avid boondocker, I would probably have opted for the GPL-6CT-2V which would have given half again as many amp hours.  The down side of these was greater cost, greater weight and larger size.  Six of these larger 6CT's would have barely fit into the battery bay if the upper two cells were laid on their side.  The people at Lifeline assured me that as long as they were properly supported, they can be in any orientation. 

Large 2 volt cells are very normal in large motor yachts as well as in home photo voltic systems. 

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Re: Coach Battery Removal

Reply #27 – November 22, 2015, 04:36:43 am

Using the six 2 volt cells wired in series, I effectively have a single 400 pound 12 volt battery. 

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