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Just wanted (after reading through some older posts here about Trojan Batteries) to start a fresh thread about them in particular.
Im after some 1st hand experience if at all possible as im ready to fix my power problems with running a fridge for a few days at a time.
My Century N70T isnt really doing the job i need it to.
A mate at work told me of Trojan, and said they are awesome. Run high power equipment like fridges for days no problems.
I see they come in 6V, would i be better off buying 2x 6V and mounting them together in parallel, or just getting a 12V one?

Thanks fellas.

I run two 6volt batteries in my patrol, and its the best set up that works for me, I have found that the recharge time is a lot quicker than the single 12v one i had.

The first lot i got were trojen thay lasted 4 years running a trailblazer 70lt fridge, I am on to a diffrent brand now seconed lot, but now have 160watts ( 2 80watt ) solar panels and thay keep the batteries fully charged @ 14.2v while the frindge is running.

Thay are good batteries but thay are a little dearer than the rest, And most of the batteries these days are prity much the same in terms of Amp/Hours or CCA ratings.

Hope this helps

Look into the amaron pro series of batteries. Went down the local battery shop and asked if they could test the cca and amp hours of.the different batteries. All claimed to be similar but when under load there was a huge difference. The amaron batteries were well above stated ah and cca while most of the popular brands were under if.only just.

howsie wrote:Look into the amaron pro series of batteries. Went down the local battery shop and asked if they could test the cca and amp hours of.the different batteries. All claimed to be similar but when under load there was a huge difference. The amaron batteries were well above stated ah and cca while most of the popular brands were under if.only just.

I did see them using those batteries in the 4wd action testing of driving lights. Did wonder how they performed but never asked. Where are they available from?

Think I got.mine from battery world. Was rated at about 720 cca and 95 ah bit.really pulled about 800 cca

Wozza244 wrote:Just wanted (after reading through some older posts here about Trojan Batteries) to start a fresh thread about them in particular.
Im after some 1st hand experience if at all possible as im ready to fix my power problems with running a fridge for a few days at a time.
My Century N70T isnt really doing the job i need it to.
A mate at work told me of Trojan, and said they are awesome. Run high power equipment like fridges for days no problems.
I see they come in 6V, would i be better off buying 2x 6V and mounting them together in parallel, or just getting a 12V one?

Thanks fellas.

Brands and types aren't hugely relevant to your decision; for running a fridge, it all comes down to Amp-hour (Ah) capacity of the battery.

Without doing any research, I'd guess that your Century N70T is a starting battery, not a deep cycle / energy storage battery. So it's designed to deliver high current for a short time, and accept a high recharge current to "top up" faster.

Conversely, I'm guessing your mate's Trojan is a deep cycle or AGM style battery (and not a condom ). These typically have a higher energy storage density, so they can store more energy within a given case size. If you buy one of these (a denser battery in the same size - not a condom) then you should find your fridge will run significantly longer (roughly twice as long, if the Trojan is really good) and your second battery will live longer (i.e. more years of service, not hours of fridge time).

Two 6V batteries will only really offer more flexible installation. For any give battery range (i.e. manufacturer and product line) energy density per battery volume will be essentially constant, so for a total volume (or mass) of battery (1 x 12V or 2 x 6V) you won't achieve a significant difference in run time.

If you start checking specification tables, remember that two batteries in series increase the voltage, not the Ah rating. Two batteries in parallel have the same voltage, but increased Ah rating.

Confused?

My work here is done.

I meant to say series linked, joining 2x 6v to give me my 12v, they are 225 AH each. They are Deep Cycle batteries. I know how AH and CCA all works, i was really just after an opinion on the Trojan in particular.

My N70T is a Century Deep Cycle, but cant make the grade, it will only run my fridge for one day and night. Not enough for my multiple day trips.

Cheers mate

wozza,
i had a trojan for 6 years.
running 60LTR ARB FRIDGE engle type lasted just over two days with a fluro in the tray canopy.
cant recommend trojan enough.
brilliant bit of gear, went federal batteries, its its parent company, trojan no more red battery. shes a blacky this one.

slight less ah cca.
seen your pic of your chopped 60 up barrington tops, looks horn!!
mad ass

CRUZAAMAD wrote:wozza,
i had a trojan for 6 years.
running 60LTR ARB FRIDGE engle type lasted just over two days with a fluro in the tray canopy.
cant recommend trojan enough.
brilliant bit of gear, went federal batteries, its its parent company, trojan no more red battery. shes a blacky this one.

slight less ah cca.
seen your pic of your chopped 60 up barrington tops, looks horn!!
mad ass

Cheers mate, yeah i had a few chopped 60's, but ive moved on and now i have a GQ coil ute with all the fruit, its been the best thing i ever owned.
As soon as i get this battery thing sorted, jobs right! Thanks for that.

Well, update time.
My new T-1275 Trojan i ordered yesterday just arrived at the door!! Its rated at 150ah so i reckon it should perform the task i need it to.
Thanks for the advice guys!!

Where did you order from.

stilivn wrote:Where did you order from.

A company called GoBatteries mate. I placed the order yesty, and it arrived before 8 thismorning. Highly recommended!

Wozza244 wrote:Well, update time.
My new T-1275 Trojan i ordered yesterday just arrived at the door!! Its rated at 150ah so i reckon it should perform the task i need it to.
Thanks for the advice guys!!

Where did you get the hat? I've been looking for something like that.

-Scott- wrote:Where did you get the hat? I've been looking for something like that.

Akubra Cattleman. I run it during summer cause its cooler to wear than my black Bronco model.
Cheapest i could find is ebay, my local saddlery wanted about $30 more than ebay!

Wozza244 wrote:

-Scott- wrote:Where did you get the hat? I've been looking for something like that.

Akubra Cattleman. I run it during summer cause its cooler to wear than my black Bronco model.
Cheapest i could find is ebay, my local saddlery wanted about $30 more than ebay!

Thanks.

I like the Snowy River (I think it is?), but want a lighter colour for wearing in the sun. I've been to a few Akubra resellers, but don't recall having seen that. I'll check it out.