Marine Battery vs. RV Battery?
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I was running 4 oddssey pc625s on my eliminator with a 14speaker 2000 plus watt system .They worked flawlessly plus two of them were lighter & smaller than 1 deep cycle battery. Actually am going to do the same to my fountain since I had such good luck .
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One lesson you don't wan't from Hard Knocks U
Lots of times battery manufactures will manufacture the same battery in both marine and non marine versions. But they will state if it is a "Marine" battery. The spacers between the plates are designed different. Using non marine batteries in a marine application will result in problems from early battery failure (shorted/dead cells) up to catastrophic failure (GO BOOM). Along with the problems of loss of warranty and or loss of insurance coverage.
Have you considered a generator? All that draw for a full day is beyond the scope of just about anything marine. As was said, you could rig in a towmotor battery but when it fails and explodes from the bouncing that a boat gets, don't expect your insurer to take your calls.
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These are pwc batteries, how long did they last? Also since these would be paralleled could you use a 4 bank charger? Curious if this is efficient enough I may consider the same.
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