Dan de La Mesa
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Since replacing our 12v batteries with 6v in our 2006 Winnebago View, we have only recently had a chance to try them out. We have done only limited dry camping, mostly because our previous battery setup (which was wired wrong by the previous owner) was never satisfactory.
We just returned from an 8-day, mostly dry camping trip during which I'm delighted to report that the new 6v setup performed heroically. The voltage indicator never fell below 12.5, and the solar panel kept the charge maxed out at over 14 whenever the sun was on the roof.
While I can't confirm that the improved performance was totally due to the 6v/12v changeout (since the previous wiring was said to be wrong), I can attest to the fact that we felt fully supported with all the power we needed. Only the air conditioning and the microwave were unavailable, and we didn't need either.
I made the swap-out in response to a number of recommendations on this forum, so I wanted to report my own experience as confirmation.
We just returned from an 8-day, mostly dry camping trip during which I'm delighted to report that the new 6v setup performed heroically. The voltage indicator never fell below 12.5, and the solar panel kept the charge maxed out at over 14 whenever the sun was on the roof.
While I can't confirm that the improved performance was totally due to the 6v/12v changeout (since the previous wiring was said to be wrong), I can attest to the fact that we felt fully supported with all the power we needed. Only the air conditioning and the microwave were unavailable, and we didn't need either.
I made the swap-out in response to a number of recommendations on this forum, so I wanted to report my own experience as confirmation.