House battery

DaveyD1 · 11-25-2008, 04:51 PM

Just need to know what others have for the house batteries.We have a 07 Meridian SE.what we have are 3 12volt batteries.If anyone has the same modle please let me know if yours is the same or do you have 3 6 volts.Thanks for the help

DaveyD1 · 11-25-2008, 04:51 PM

Just need to know what others have for the house batteries.We have a 07 Meridian SE.what we have are 3 12volt batteries.If anyone has the same modle please let me know if yours is the same or do you have 3 6 volts.Thanks for the help

Sammie · 11-25-2008, 05:06 PM

I have a 2006 Journey which has the same three 12 volt battery setup that you have. They work fine if you don't do much dry camping. I plan on converting to four 6 volt batteries when the original batteries go bad. It will (I am told) be a much more user friendly setup. Do a search on this site under house batteries and you will find many other people who have made the change.

Sammie · 11-25-2008, 05:15 PM

Here is a good web page for information on battery conversions.

Batteries

AFChap · 11-25-2008, 05:26 PM

My coach has 3 Group 29 12v batteries on the house bank. They work well for me. I bought the coach "new" with apx 5k miles on it (dealer show coach for about 10 mo) in July 2003. I ran the equalizing procedure at least twice a year, and had to replace the house batteries in Oct 2007 when they were 5 years old.

SCVJeff · 11-25-2008, 11:38 PM

I have an '06 Meridian 34H that had 3ea. GP-29's. They're now in the garage on a float charger and the coach is running 4ea. U-2200 6v GC batteries.

John_Canfield · 11-26-2008, 03:58 AM

Ah - another chance to plug my Lifeline AGM bateries. Mine are group 31.

AFChap · 11-26-2008, 05:54 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">4ea. U-2200 6v GC batteries. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Jeff

Will those 4 ea U-2200 6v GC batteries fit in the same footprint as the 3 ea Group 29's??

MaverickBBD · 11-26-2008, 07:14 AM

I have 3 ea GP 31's. Less then a month old. They replaced the original GP 31's. The original middle one developed a bulge on the end so wanted to get it out of there. Was considering going to a 6 volt or AGM system but wanted to not have to deal with charging rates, etc. When these go, if I still have this coach might consider redoing the whole electrical and throwing solar panels into the mix.

SCVJeff · 11-26-2008, 12:09 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by AFChap:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">4ea. U-2200 6v GC batteries. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Jeff

Will those 4 ea U-2200 6v GC batteries fit in the same footprint as the 3 ea Group 29's?? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Close, but not exactly. I was able to drop the U-2200's on my tray, but SARGE's tray is just slightly narrower and he can't make it.

The GP-29's are 13x6.75. And the U-2200's are 10 1/4x 7 1/8.

DaveyD1 · 11-26-2008, 05:03 PM

Thanks for the help everyone It looks like I will need to put 4 6 volt batteries instead of the three Will see if it works.
My next question(s) is will golf cart batteries work in the space?John how many AMG batteries do you have and will the current charger work on them?