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  1. Awesomeness

    The Once And For All On Batteries...

    You're right. The AH rating stays the same, but the "two gas tanks" analogy is still meaningful. In series you now have 2x the voltage, you'll be drawing 1/2 the amps for a given work (Watts), and thus run 2x as long with two batteries. So it is a capacity improvement, and still takes 2x as...
  2. Awesomeness

    The Once And For All On Batteries...

    The CCA/charge current only adds in parallel, but the AH capacity adds both in series and in parallel. So adding 4 batteries @120AH/each equals 480AH. (The AH capacity is basically "how big of an energy bucket" they are. So adding more "buckets" literally adds more energy volume to drain...
  3. Awesomeness

    The Once And For All On Batteries...

    They have sales and stuff. I think I got mine <$300, like 4-5 years ago. I assume it pays for itself over time, by maintaining the batteries better and prolonging replacement. I don't know how old the batteries in the truck were when I got it (or how many times soldiers had mistreated them...
  4. Awesomeness

    The Once And For All On Batteries...

    If one is bad, all kinds of goofy stuff can happen. The NOCO Gen4 charger that I have actually hooks to each of the 4 batteries individually. It checks them, desulfates them, charges and maintains them, at 40A max. It's also fully submersible. They just came out with a newer version, too...
  5. Awesomeness

    The Once And For All On Batteries...

    Wind chill temp doesn't matter, just the actual temp. Wind chill temp means that the wind is blowing heat away as fast as if it were that temperature, but you still will not actually drop below the real outside temp under any circumstances. Two batteries is probably ok for most people. The 4...
  6. Awesomeness

    The Once And For All On Batteries...

    I think that may be the max from either leg at once, not the combined.
  7. Awesomeness

    The Once And For All On Batteries...

    I think the subtlety not coming across is that none of this stuff ever works at 100% capacity. So I was using the simple numbers, and came out with 4 hours, but the reality is that you may only be getting 1/2 that AT PEAK, because the alternator is old and not delivering it's 100%, the...
  8. Awesomeness

    The Once And For All On Batteries...

    The fact that the batteries are AGM is not what was being debated. AGM are always better batteries than conventional flooded lead-acid. It was the size that was being problematic. Each 6TL is 100 Amp-Hours (AH), and so with four you have a total of 400 AH. Even at 100% efficient, (which it...
  9. Awesomeness

    The Once And For All On Batteries...

    I keep my truck plugged into a NOCO Gen4 charger, when not in use.
  10. Awesomeness

    The Once And For All On Batteries...

    Well, this is true, but also a completely misleading statement the way it's being phrased. The military specifications for stuff are usually quite extreme, so typically civilians stuff is not even close. There is a reason the mil-spec version of things costs several times more. The flip side...
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