July 01, 2019, 11:30 AM
Mr BillBattery for Trailer
Whats everyone using for the enclosed trailer battery thats used for the winch and elec tongue jack... I plan on charging with a solar panel using a battery tender controller . So don't think I really need anything that is really that expensive.
July 01, 2019, 01:17 PM
CURTIS REEDI use a Sears Platinum that came out of my race car after 8 years. Just about any full size battery will do fine.
July 01, 2019, 02:38 PM
chasracerSame here - Optima finally ran out of oats to crank high compression BBC but it works just fine for lights, radio and winch in the trailer. I also wired it so that going down the road it's getting a charge from the tow vehicle.
July 01, 2019, 02:45 PM
Curly1Last Summer I went to a 16 volt battery system and put my old optima to work on my trailer. batteries do not last forever and would rather have trailer battery fail than race car battery.
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July 01, 2019, 04:38 PM
dragstermikeI did the same as the others have mentioned. I had a optima go bad on a hot day at the track. When I replaced it, I put the old one in the trailer. It's been fine for a couple years now. It charges as I drive down the road.
July 01, 2019, 05:25 PM
EmanMy trailer came with a Diehard deep cycle battery when I bought it. It was in a battery box on the tongue and the battery was submerged in water! I lost track of many years old it is but last time I checked it with a hydrometer 1 cell was completely dead. It still winches the car in just as good as it ever did. I throw a charger on it once in a while when I think of it but I've never had it even slow the winch down. How it still keeps going is beyond me.
July 02, 2019, 06:47 AM
Mr BillThx everyone
Anyone ever try using a 8 Volt Golf Cart Battery? I have to replace them in my cart and a few of the batteries still hold charge.
July 02, 2019, 07:08 AM
CURTIS REEDOver voltage, such as using a 16v battery in a 12v system doesn't seem to be a problem but I would be concerned about under voltage. But if you do it report back how it worked.
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July 02, 2019, 07:12 AM
rusty2 in series would be 16.charging would be a little trouble
July 02, 2019, 08:53 AM
RPROGASThree years + with the same inexpensive Wally World 12 volt and never a problem, but I keep it on a tender.
If, and when the 16 in the car starts to have an issue cranking the engine, I'll probably stick it in the trailer box.
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