I have ordered a new frankia and it comes with only one 85amp gel battery.The cost for one more 85 gel battery is about £300+ .Now which is the way forward, sell supplied gel and fit two 110 wet batteries or buy another gel.?Thoughts please
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Sorry forgot they update the charger as wellI have ordered a new frankia and it comes with only one 85amp gel battery.The cost for one more 85 gel battery is about £300+ .Now which is the way forward, sell supplied gel and fit two 110 wet batteries or buy another gel.?Thoughts please
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Did they update the charger or flick a switch?Sorry forgot they update the charger as well
You get additional charger with second battery.Did they update the charger or flick a switch?
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Don't see how you can survive with only one, 85 A/H that will only give 43 A/H of useful power or 68 A/H if a Gel (@80% DOD), we use around 25 - 30 A/H per day at this time of year, on a dull rainy day no input from solar on a bright sunny day only a few A/H's. If we charge the e-bikes that can be up to 80 A/H gone in a few hours.Do you need more than 85Ah? We only have one 85Ah battery and we have been fine for the almost 4 years we have had the van.
It will be 4 years on 3rd February and we've survived OK so far We've hardly ever used EHU when we are away (though, granted, we don't go for more than a few days at this time of year). We only need electrical power for lights, water pump, blown air heating fan and recharging phones &c.Don't see how you can survive with only one, 85 A/H that will only give 43 A/H of useful power or 68 A/H if a Gel (@80% DOD), we use around 25 - 30 A/H per day at this time of year, on a dull rainy day no input from solar on a bright sunny day only a few A/H's. If we charge the e-bikes that can be up to 80 A/H gone in a few hours.
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Don't see how you can survive with only one, 85 A/H that will only give 43 A/H of useful power or 68 A/H if a Gel (@80% DOD), we use around 25 - 30 A/H per day at this time of year, on a dull rainy day no input from solar on a bright sunny day only a few A/H's. If we charge the e-bikes that can be up to 80 A/H gone in a few hours.
No chance in Dec or Jan in the UK, I have 200 watt of solar last month lucky to get 2 or 3 A/H a day not going to replace 30 A/H.It all depends on what you do with it and if you have solar or not (and if the sun shines), with solar you should end the day with full battery/batteries so you only need to last overnight and 85ah could be fully charged again by before lunch.
That will work fine for you with what you are drawing from your single 85amp battery, however the average MH draws around 30/40amps a day ( I have posted about this before ) and therefore a 85amp battery will not survive the beating. As @lennyhb states 2/3amps per hour a day in the UK from solar is not going to help. At this time of the year even here in Spain I would be lucky to pull 7/10 amps per hour from my 200watts solar. Just my pennies worth.It will be 4 years on 3rd February and we've survived OK so far We've hardly ever used EHU when we are away (though, granted, we don't go for more than a few days at this time of year). We only need electrical power for lights, water pump, blown air heating fan and recharging phones &c.
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I don't dispute that - and many will use more than 30/40 amps a day. It all depends, as Martin said, what you do with it. We have managed fine for a weekend in all months of the year, and for longer in most months, using just the one battery and 80W solar panel (which has always managed to recharge overnight use during the day).That will work fine for you with what you are drawing from your single 85amp battery, however the average MH draws around 30/40amps a day ( I have posted about this before ) and therefore a 85amp battery will not survive the beating. As @lennyhb states 2/3amps a day in the UK from solar is not going to help. At this time of the year even here in Spain I would be lucky to pull 7/10 amps per hour from my 200watts solar. Just my pennies worth.