I am new to this do you use regular car batteries or do the batteries have to be deep cycle? Can you use several batteries? thanks
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Do not use regular car batteries, aka "SLI" or those intended for Starting-Lights-Ignition. At least not if you want more than a few cycles, or the ability to start your car later.At the very least, use a "hybrid" or "dual purpose" type that can do both SLI duty and occasional deep-cycle. They are a compromise between the two categories, but will work. The best are those specifically designed to be deep-cycled.
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It has to be deep cycle or other battery will die faster. If you mix several batteries together, make sure they are same condition, same model.
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Any battery works. But it depends on wattage of pannels some larger pannels are built for 24volt instead of 12volt. Check the specification. It is better to use a deep cycle type. You can have multiple ones, but have an even number of them.
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You should use AGM type deep cycle batteries sealed ; at least 125 amp hour.I chose the VMAXTANKS Solar batteries .I got mine from Amazon
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You can hook up kore than 1 battery. You can also use car batterries but the performance will be significantly better with deep cycle batteries.
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I just use regular batteries. Be sure they are fully seated in their place as one did not seem to want to go in but I made it work
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Keep the extra batteries clean, dry and fully charged. Also, rotate the batteries for use. Why have three if you only use one. Not sure if not using them causes issues, but it can not hurt to rotate their use. Best of luck. Alan
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Yeah, it can be used with a 12 V car battery. They recommend a deep cycle marine battery. I think the only difference is that it lasts longer and takes more charges.
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Devices with electric motors require a deep cycle battery that can be regularly drained of it's charge and then recharged. Starter batteries by contrast are designed to deliver short high current bursts to get an internal combustion engine running. Starter batteries are designed to use very little of their capacity at a time and need to be kept above 75% charge. These batteries while better and lighter than lead acid starter batteries are not deep cycle and should not be used for electric golf carts, trolling motors, electric skateboards, or electric bicycles. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_cycle_battery.
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car batteries are no good for life storage even new they will work for only a short time and die you need deep cycle batteries like what is in golf carts and fork trucks that are built for charge and discharge over many times car batteries can't take that, solar electric system batteries are listed in AH or amp hours. at the moment I have 3 35AH batteries and I like to buy 6 more hope I helped .....
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I honestly do not know for sure. But I would say that you would want a deep cycle battery (one that can be run out of electricity repeatedly without damage) and this is not a deep cycle battery.
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Yes, you can hook this up to two or more batteries. Just make sure to hook them up in parallel. + to+, - to-. This is a great starter kit, you can start with just this panel and one battery, then add more as you go. (If you are like me you will want more!) It would take about a day and a half to charge two car batteries when fully drained. My 122 amp hour marine battery will charge in a day. If you want a backup power setup more batteries per panel is better, but if you plan on a high daily usage you will want more panels per battery so it can recharge the batteries during the day.
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I have a problem I just finished hooking up my front eclectic wheel, I am only running a 12x8am battery,can't I run a regular small car battery instead?
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The batteries we use are deep cell batteries that would be used on campers not conventional batteries that are used in cars or trucks. I would follow the suggestions of the previous answer, one mor e note I went and bought a better Charge Controller from Renogy works much better and you have a lcd panel with all the data you need to be sure your battery and cell are working properly.
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To tell the truth, I have used both rechargeable and regular name brand batteries. We've got cold weather here for at least half the year, and the rechargeables didn't last as long. We use it on our outside porch. I bring it in when it's going to be cold, and that saves either kind of battery. I love this product!
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there is one for gel cell battery's and one for regular battery's. I now have one of each. I used the regular one on my gel battery the last few years and worker fine. We have two cars now so I got the gel one now. They both work fine. No problems.
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I use a 12 volt car battery. It runs all afternoon on it. It would probably run even longer on a deep cycle marine battery.
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The unit only pulls 100 amps when you in essence create a short circuit across the battery terminals through a big power resistor. You should not hold the short for more than 10 seconds. If the needle stays in the green during that period you have a good Automotive battery which is often called upon during an engine start to pull 300 to 450 amps. I have found it to show useful information on several types of 12v batteries, but I am not sure that it was designed for a deep cycle battery. It did find deep cycle batteries that dropped into the yellow from the green, and they were older batteries. I would try to contact the manufacturer for more engineering data. Hope this helps. Dick
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You will need deep cycle or Marine batteries for trolling motors. Unlike Car batteries, deep cycle batteries are designed to be discharged upto 80+% before recharging where as Car (starter) batteries have more cranking amps. Check out http://www.windsun.com/Batteries/Battery_FAQ.htm for more information
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Go with two high current 12 volt deep cycle batteries. Wire them in paralell; not series. You only want 12 volts; not 24. Use the same brand/capacity and type. Don't mix brands or current ratings. THE HIGHER THE CURRENT RATING;THE MORE TIME YOU'LL GET ON THE BATTERIES. I've seen systems with more than two batteries however, you'll need additional equipment to pull it off safely. You could also use a marine A/B Battery transfer switch and draw from bat A bat B BOTH of OFF. Don't forget to use fuses at key points. Amazon also has some pretty good books on the subject.
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Any 12-volt deep cycle will do but don't get one of those skinny ones. The ones you want are roughly the size of a car battery. I'll try to check the brand of mine and update this, it's worked for 4-5 weekends a year for almost 10 years now