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General Boards => Technical Support => Topic started by: Fred Cook on April 19, 2022, 01:04:07 AM
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I was searching the net and found this 6 volt battery. It is a deep cycle 230 AH battery at a lower price. Anybody have any experience with it? Would this be a decent battery for an inverter to produce 120 volts?
Napa Auto Parts
Part #: BAT 8144
Line: NAPA Batteries
$169.99
/ Each
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We recently purchased six NAPA batteries, part no. 8146, from the Northend Auto Parts, Inc. NAPA store in Yuma, AZ. These batteries are very heavy - I know because I lifted them! - and expensive at $185.99 each plus a $27 core charge each plus AZ sales tax. Of course, when I returned the replaced batteries, I was refunded the $27 core charges. Our part no. 8146 is different than the part no. you listed, 8144, and I don't know the difference between the batteries, i.e., part nos. 8144 and 8146. I know the 8146 batteries are built by East Penn in Pennsylvania and East Penn is a well-thought-of battery manufacturer.
We don't have any experience yet with these batteries because I only recently installed them and we have not left Yuma yet. We had intended to get batteries at the Interstate shop in Yuma but they were out and would not have more batteries until mid-May. The Napa store owner/manager ordered three dozen of the batteries we purchased and received only nine. His advice was to pull-the-trigger and buy them because batteries are hard to get... as are tires, I am told.
I did some digging. The 8144 is 230 AH and weighs 64 pounds; the 8146 is 235 AH and weighs 68 pounds.
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Fred,
The largest wet cell deep cycle manufacturer is East Penn. They supply almost all battery distributors. Napa is a quality battery and so is Interstate. If you are going for price, then Costco has the best price for their Interstate 6 volt "GC-2" 210 amp hour deep cycle battery. Around $95.00 each plus core charge. If you bought 6 for your coach, it would give you 630 amps reserve capacity when connected in series and parallel. Hope this helps, Fred
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If I hadn’t opted to try doing away with the ongoing destruction of my battery tray and strap buckles, etc., I’d have gone with the Costco GC2’s by Interstate. They give the most bang for the buck, and my factory Interstates lasted nearly 12 years.
As you’ve probably read me write here before, the Blueriver AGM’s I installed a year ago have left my tray and connectors untouched by corrosion.
Joel
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Fred,
The largest wet cell deep cycle manufacturer is East Penn. They supply almost all battery distributors. Napa is a quality battery and so is Interstate. If you are going for price, then Costco has the best price for their Interstate 6 volt "GC-2" 210 amp hour deep cycle battery. Around $95.00 each plus core charge. If you bought 6 for your coach, it would give you 630 amps reserve capacity when connected in series and parallel. Hope this helps, Fred
Fred, unfortunately I don’t have room in my tray for 6 batteries. I already have two 12 volt chassis batteries in the tray leaving room for only four 6 volt batteries.
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If that is the original configuration, then go with that. Fred