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General Discussion / Re: 3 Different 6V Batteries At Sams Club, November 2025

« on: November 28, 2025, 02:56:43 pm »

The more I search the more I think it’s regional.  I’ve physically checked local Sam’s clubs and they don’t carry them or offer to order them. Could be some other areas in my state do but I’m not driving hundreds of miles looking for batteries

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General Discussion / Re: 3 Different 6V Batteries At Sams Club, November 2025

« on: November 27, 2025, 10:38:48 am »

Tin, on my 2552, I pulled my tray, flattened the front lip to give me the needed length, removed the hasps,(no longer needed), swapped out my rails to a set with 500 lb capacity and lowered them as far as they could be installed. This gave me  just over 11” of clearance in height and plenty of length.  The two slots where the hasps used to grasp are perfect for an adjustable tarp strap, (Home Depot), that holds the tray solid. The 500 lb rated sliders run smooth as glass. 

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General Discussion / Re: 3 Different 6V Batteries At Sams Club, November 2025

« on: November 25, 2025, 06:38:33 pm »

Larry . It pops up but says not available for Shipping, pickup or delivery.  I’m wondering if it might be regional.

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General Discussion / Re: 3 Different 6V Batteries At Sams Club, November 2025

« on: November 25, 2025, 03:05:11 pm »

On Sam’s web site.   I’ve tried the following searches

Duracell platinum GC2AGM

Duracell platinum GC2 AGM

Duracell GC2 AGM

Golf cart battery

Golf car battery

Duracell AGM

GC2

EGC2


I have no idea where I’m going wrong but I’ve yet to find those batteries listed.

I’d order them today if I could find where they are hiding.

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General Discussion / Re: 3 Different 6V Batteries At Sams Club, November 2025

« on: November 22, 2025, 12:59:46 pm »

Thank you Ron.   That’s a great price. I’ll need to see if local Sam’s club carries them


Well sadly, not all Sam’s carry the same products.   Local has Duracell 6 volt and 3 different batteries but none that are agm.    Such is life

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General Discussion / Re: This Forum Is Finally Working Again

« on: October 19, 2025, 12:27:48 pm »

Thanks Ron.  At least we know it’s not PC letting it slide.

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General Discussion / Re: Alternative Fridge?

« on: October 19, 2025, 12:26:58 pm »

Update on fridge conversion to 12 volt.  We recently took a short 4 day trip. At 5 pm the day before departure I turned the fridge on.  The following morning when loading the fridge was at 34 degrees and the freezer was at 4. Over the course of the 4 days the fridge maintained between 33.5 and 34.9 degrees. I never had to make any adjustments.  It’s as sim Poole as just turning on your fridge. Nothing to adjust.  The one con is while connected to shore power.  In the 2552 the charging unit is directly below the bed. The 12 volt systems causes the charger to kick on frequently. It’s an additional fan noise along side the inverters fans. This may or may not bother you.  Personally I wish I could throw a switch to turn the charger off at night.

Overall I wish I’d known of this sooner. I like it soooooo much better than the three way system.

One change I’ll make is If I find a way to shut the charger off at night it will be on my to do list. 

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General Discussion / Re: Batteries brands vs cost vs efficiency

« on: October 02, 2025, 03:13:42 pm »

My rig came with the slider and two 12 volts.  I’ve been able to upgrade my sliders to 500 lb and I lower it enough to allow 11” of clearance getting under the outer door.  Agm allows the most room     and power wise seems like the best choice over all.   The cost of the AGM did take me back a bit.

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General Discussion / Re: Batteries brands vs cost vs efficiency

« on: October 01, 2025, 10:28:52 am »

Ron.. Thank you, I’ll look them up. How long did you have them or are you still using them?

Looks like there’s not much savings over Trojan.  $426, less cycles and one year warranty.

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General Discussion / Re: Batteries brands vs cost vs efficiency

« on: October 01, 2025, 10:27:25 am »

Keel….    I saw that advantage wants $312 for the Trojan agm but that’s pickup only and they won’t ship. Locals here say then go buy it there being it’s 2500 miles away.  The Trojan agm can safely be taken well below 50% repeatedly with no issue. That aside, If I don’t need it I can save a lot. Now having the 12 volt fridge I’m in that I don’t know what I don’t know area. I’ve read that the AGM can accept higher/ faster recharge rates ,(thinking gen run time while dry camping) and are better at power delivery as well, (running the coffee maker on occasion). I’m really out of my wheelhouse here so I’m looking for as much guidance as I can obtain.

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General Discussion / Batteries brands vs cost vs efficiency

« on: September 30, 2025, 04:36:16 pm »

The cost to switch to lithium is more than I’m willing to spend considering the amount of time I’ll have the rig.

So 6 volt Duracell 205 amp hr aAGM  runs $360.00. Each  Has a DoD 0% rating of 400 cycles.  1 year warranty

Trojan T105-AES 6V AGM 207 amp hr has a DOD 0 % rating of 1200 cycles . $500-545.00. Each..  Three year warranty.



Dannnnnng.  I’m leaning towards the Trojan due to being able to run it below 50% with no worries.


Are there other manufacturers that rate as well as Trojan that I’m missing.

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General Discussion / Re: Alternative Fridge?

« on: September 26, 2025, 03:59:57 pm »

Calcruiser.    I’ve sent two pm’s and although they say message sent when I check sent messages nothing current is showing.  Let me know if not received

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General Discussion / Re: Alternative Fridge?

« on: September 26, 2025, 09:44:47 am »

Calcruiser.  I have looked at lifepo4. From what I’ve read I need to do something to protect the Alt and I have no idea if my converter on a 2011 can charge them. Next is cost, I have no idea of what the cost is to bring my rig up to speed for the lifepo4. 


Pm sent

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General Discussion / Re: Alternative Fridge?

« on: September 25, 2025, 11:11:01 am »

Next up I want to go to two 6 volt.  If I go flooded I can get more amp hrs than agm  but I’ve read agm can be taken down farther and last longer so I’ll go that route.  Unless one of you convince me otherwise??


With My battery tray I installed new 250 lb sliders 5 years ago.  Even though that should be overkill after 5 years they are showing that they are getting tired with all the vibration and bouncing on our roads. So I installed a set of 500 lb slide rails and lowered the tray enough to allow the height needed for the taller 6 volt. 
The tray doesn’t allow enough length or width depending on how you set them for the larger 6 volt AGM.  I remove the riveted drawer catches , bent the front ledge down. Welded a couple of cracks in the side walls of the tray and cut the excess length so the door will close.  This now gives me more than enough room for the 6 volt.  The slots where the catches used to take hold work perfect for an adjustable heavy tarp strap that will keep the batteries in place and the tray from sliding against the door.

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General Discussion / Re: Alternative Fridge?

« on: September 25, 2025, 11:08:11 am »

I’ve installed the 12 volt conversion. Took all of 3 1/2 hours.   100 degree day  the fridge cooled down to 10 degrees in freezer and 40 in fridge in a bit over 3 hours.  It’ll need to run a bit longer to get the fridge colder.  I’m still figuring out the settings to dial it all in. 

They had told me I may need to run a 10 gauge wire if the wiring wasn’t heavy enough.  I didn’t want to get stuck with having to figure it out after the install so I did that first to be sure I could.   That took an additional hour but wasn’t that difficult and in the end wasn’t needed.  I left it in place even though it’s not hooked up.

On our last trip prior to the conversion my batteries failed and the only option was a couple 12 volt marine maintenance free batteries from Walmart.  They are supposedly 100 amp hour , so 200 all in.  On a 100 degree day I get roughly 18 hours of my fridge before 50%. I think it’ll go longer after due to the fridge requires more power in the beginning to bring it down to temp. Once it reaches the desired temp it runs roughly 65% of the time, or so they say.