| Replacement House Battery [message #303579] |
Thu, 14 July 2016 09:43  |
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The house batteries I purchased in 2002 are starting to show some deterioration. What I have are a pair of 6 volt Interstate batteries with the part number U2200.
My local dealer is telling me that the replacement Interstate is GC2-XHDUTL.
Is this replacement battery being used by others here? Comments appreciated. Thanks
Bill Brown
Bill Brown - '77 Buckeye Cruiser
Coshocton OH
carguybill@sbcglobal.net
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| Re: [GMCnet] Replacement House Battery [message #303801 is a reply to message #303753] |
Mon, 18 July 2016 23:35  |
jimk
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I have experienced battery from most USA manufacturers and found them to
be very good.
Keep in mind, never store a battery half charged as they will sulfate and
it will not perform very well after that. The Deep cycle batteries takes
longer time to fully charge, maybe just my feeling.
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 7:39 AM, Justin Brady wrote:
> I use the GC2's as well. They seem to be working just fine.
> I went with the one's from Sam's Club, they are Duracell Brand made by
> Deka.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Replacement House Battery [message #303806 is a reply to message #303803] |
Tue, 19 July 2016 07:22 |
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Matt Colie
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J Green wrote on Tue, 19 July 2016 01:15When I bought my coach about a month ago I replaced all three batteries.
They were all interstate brand batteries from Costco. Mind you, the coach ran fine with the existing batteries, but they were old and I'm in the
desert and heat kills batteries. So I pulled all three and went back to Costco. I was able to get a credit on the main battery, and to my surprise
on the deep cycle golf cart house batteries. It's for that reason that I would recommend buying your batteries at Costco if you are near one.
I've also heard good things about Optima brand batteries and believe the blue top variety is marketed for RV and marine use.
Good luck.
John,
I am a big fan of all AGM batteries. A rolled cell AGM is just the best starting battery ever made for diesel boats.
Unfortunately, in a house bank, the name of the game is Ampere-Hours. This is where the rolled (or spiral wound) cell AGMs fall down. You also may have noticed that neither Optima or Orbital have 6V packages for golf cart service. There is a reason.
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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| Re: [GMCnet] Replacement House Battery [message #303813 is a reply to message #303803] |
Tue, 19 July 2016 09:35 |
Carl S.
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My experience is that most sellers do not offer any more than a 1 year warranty on a 6 volt deep cycle battery. No prorating on them either. Maybe some of the more premium brands, like Trojan do, but I know the interstates I just got from Costco have a 1 year free replacement warranty only. They have a 3 year free replacement then prorated warranty on their other automotive batteries.
Carl Stouffer
'75 ex Palm Beach
Tucson, AZ.
Chuck Aulgur Reaction Arm Disc Brakes, Quadrabags, 3.70 LSD final drive, Lenzi knuckles/hubs, Dodge Truck 16" X 8" front wheels, Rear American Eagles, Solar battery charging. GMCSJ and GMCMI member
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| Re: [GMCnet] Replacement House Battery [message #303817 is a reply to message #303813] |
Tue, 19 July 2016 10:07 |
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J Green
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Carl - that was my experience at Costco as well. The batteries I was
turning in were 5-year warranty. I was bummed to hear that the new
batteries would only be covered for 1-year.
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 7:36 AM Carl Stouffer wrote:
> My experience is that most sellers do not offer any more than a 1 year
> warranty on a 6 volt deep cycle battery. No prorating on them either.
> Maybe
> some of the more premium brands, like Trojan do, but I know the
> interstates I just got from Costco have a 1 year free replacement warranty
> only. They
> have a 3 year free replacement then prorated warranty on their other
> automotive batteries.
> --
> Carl Stouffer
> '75 ex Palm Beach
> Tucson, AZ.
> Chuck Aulgur Reaction Arm Disc Brakes, Quadrabags, 3.70 LSD final drive,
> Lenzi knuckles/hubs, Dodge Truck 16" X 8" front wheels, Rear American
> Eagles,
> Solar battery charging
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'77 Kingsley - aka Edna "Big Bertha" Green
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| Re: [GMCnet] Replacement House Battery [message #303824 is a reply to message #303763] |
Tue, 19 July 2016 12:00 |
lw8000
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powerjon wrote on Mon, 18 July 2016 11:32Sam's club offers 2 batteries that work well with our coaches.
The Size GC2
http://www.samsclub.com/sams/duracell-golf-car-battery-group-size-gc2/prod3590228.ip
and the Size 230
http://www.samsclub.com/sams/duracell-golf-car-battery-group-size-egc2/prod3590220.ip
I'll second the Duracell GC2 above, we've had ours for 3 years and counting, they are excellent so far (two of them hooked in series), and at Sam's the price is right. I also keep a BatteryMinder (the charger and desulfator) hooked to them when the coach is parked and not in use. I've had excellent results using BatteryMinders on all of our automotive, marine, tractor batteries over the years so I figured it can't hurt. I was skeptical when I first started using them 5-6 years ago, however I've had our automotive batteries reach 13 years when it finally weakened, and have a couple others approaching 12 years now and they are still running strong. There are other products out there but I would only get a charger that is also a desulfator.
Chris S. -
77 Kingsley, 3.70 FD, mostly OEM -
S.E. Michigan
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