I get 4 years out of a set of batteries O'Reilly's store brand. Heavy duty and I don't know if they are deep cycle or not. $500 for 4 of them so not as cheap as some I read about here but at least they last. 1,100 cold cranking amps. I plug in and charge up cell phone, blue tooth, & laptop all the time with the truck off. I try not to have anything plugged in overnight. I can't imagine replacing batteries every year or stealing from Wal Mart every time I did it.
Anyone else going through batteries
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4 years on my Odyssey batteries. No indication that they are getting weak.
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Most batteries are prorated now. It may be a five year warranty, but the last er or two is at a declining rate. Only the first few years is free replacement, and many of those folks give you a hard time wanting to charge/recharge them to test for the warranty.
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When I brought my batteries in yesterday to NAPA they didn't even test them. Just typed in all sorts of stuff into the computer and gave me new ones. -
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If you can adjust the setting on the Rigmaster, to come on at 12.4 volts, having the batteries not get as deeply discharged will greatly improve their lifespan.
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Same ones jbee. Crazy expensive. I'm very happy so far, but they do need to last many more years, At this point I think they will last a long time
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Depends on what your hotel load is inside the truck. I run an Espar, 4 cf fridge and 32" flat screen with satellite.
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I run 4 CAT 825 CCA batteries
espar bunk heater and engine heater
fridge
no APU
down to -30 without an issue. Sure they're around 12.0 volts in the morning but the batteries do seem to last about 2 years doing this. The trick is to either go with the starting and discharge batteries or go to a high quality AGM. The 975 CCA non-agm batteries simply do not last in any sort of hotel load scenario.
In fact I've done this for 13 years and have never had a dead truck.
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