Latest Mod!

[Tim5055]

I spent yesterday morning Changing my Single 12v Battery to Twin 6v Golf Cart Batteries.

I guess its time for a dry camping weekend.  Brainpause & Homecrew--  Still looking to meet you all half way

[brainpause]

That'd be cool if we could meet somewhere. TPUC will be at Fall Creek Falls SP the first weekend in November (tpuc.com and http://www.state.tn.us/environment/parks/parks/FallCreekFalls/).

IIRC, it is about as far from your town as it is from mine!

Larry

[Tim5055]

TPUC will be at Fall Creek Falls SP the first weekend in November    IIRC, it is about as far from your town as it is from mine!
Larry

As it stands right now work will be sending me to New York for the first two weeks in November

[JonesFamilyJayco]

Great mod!  I am needing to upgrade my battery and after reading what you did, I am leaning to 2 of the 6 volt batteries. Where did you buy your batteries?  I have a couple of golf cart dealerships near or should I look into other sources?  

Are you planning on any type of cover for the battery?  Not that a cover really provides any real protection for the battery, but it dose prevent a metal object from making a conection with the posts.  Do they make a cover for these since most sit inside a golf cart?

Thanks!

[Tim5055]

Great mod!  I am needing to upgrade my battery and after reading what you did, I am leaning to 2 of the 6 volt batteries. Where did you buy your batteries?  I have a couple of golf cart dealerships near or should I look into other sources?

I got mine at a place called Batteries Plus.  I was kind of disappointed that I had more knowledge than the guy working there, but they had what I wanted in stock, the price was good and they were close to home.  If you are going to stick with the Trojans, just shop by price.

Are you planning on any type of cover for the battery?  Not that a cover really provides any real protection for the battery, but it dose prevent a metal object from making a conection with the posts.  Do they make a cover for these since most sit inside a golf cart?
Thanks!

They are basically a little smaller than a group 24 in footprint, but taller.  Yes, they do make a box sized for a single battery but for me two boxes just added extra inches I didn't want to give up.  I am looking for some sort of a cover but as you stated it's only to keep something from shorting them out.  If I find the correct size it won't even have to go all the way down.

[topcat7736]

Tim,

There's nothing like big batteries to keep you out of the dark!

We've got 2-30# LP tanks on the tongue as well as the battery. Whenever we arrive at the campsite, I hook up the battery and turn on both LP tanks to insure uninterrupted everything while we are there. I also noticed that there was always a spark when connecting it up. As it's close to the 2-tanks, I decided to be better safe than sorry & installed an on/off switch on the battery box. Now, don't anyone think you can use a little switch to do the job. The current being drawn, under full loading of the battery, will end the life of most switches in a hurry.

Battery Switch