I have a Renogy 100 ah AGM battery, and a Truckfridge TF49. The rest of the setup is an 80watt Zamp solar and a two bank SportMarine battery manager.  It was more than adequate until I added a propex heater. When it  is very cold and the propex is running a lot, or very hot and I am trying to keep ice cream frozen, combined with a group of people wanting to charge every kind of device, my setup is at its limit. Next year I may upgrade the solar.

I have been very happy with the Renogy AGM. No maintenance, no fumes, easy to manage. I looked at Lithium, it does have several advantages, but for the money (under $200 on sale), I thought AGM worked better for me.

Dave B.
Boise
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From: Chris Cary <chriscary48@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2022 1:44 PM
To: David Boan <dboan@OUTLOOK.COM>; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject: Re: House Battery and Clearance

I also have a battery under the back seat but it has come to the end of its usable life. It is time for me to replace it looking for a recommendation for a long lasting heavy duty battery that would work there too power 12 V refrigerator and all accessories?

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On Friday, July 29, 2022, 3:37 PM, David Boan <dboan@OUTLOOK.COM> wrote:

Hi Vanagon Types;

For those considering where to locate an accessory battery, this may be use=
ful information.

Last year I replaced my deep cycle accessory battery with a 100ah AGM batte=
ry and installed it in the rear closet (the coat closet, not the one furthe=
st back.  I got some feedback that the added weight (63 lbs) that far back=
would aggravate the existing tendency to lean to the left. In fact, the di=
fference between left and right rear wheels measured at the rim was 1" afte=
r installing the battery (I do not recall what it was before).

I just added a second house battery and rather than have two in the closet =
I moved both to the driver side of the rear seat, which moved the first bat=
tery forward and as far right as possible.  That had no effect on the fron=
t height, which also differs 1" from left to right, but it brought up the d=
river side rear height by 1/4" and lowered the passenger side by 1/4"result=
ing in a 1/2" difference in height versus the previous 1".

I am interested to know what people think about the point a difference in h=
eight is meaningless.  Is a 1/2" difference in an empty vehicle with a full=
propane tank not important, i.e. it has no detectible impact on handling?

Wishing you all a great summer of camping

Dave B
Boise (where it is 103 degrees ;(