Charging Accessorys

Thanks Mark !  What made you decide to trade out your 12v/marine (same as what I currently have) for the Trojan T-105s since they still tested 100% life?  And, what did the Trojan batteries set you back?  I like the 110 hours that the 2 6v batteries give.   With the 12v we usually go 4 days on one before switching over to the other and that is in colder weather when evening temps run 30 - 45 degrees.  However I am drawing it down to about 33% SOC.

Thanks, looks good.  Nice job.

Jato, keep your batteries outside where the cold will preserve their life, and reduce their internal discharge rate. If you keep them inside you still should be charging them monthly, if they are outside and it is cold out you can go with one charge in the middle of winter.

50% SOC normally, only occasionally go to 30% SOC to preserve the life.

Got down to 9 here last night.  Love the cold.  When it is inside the ice cubes in my drink.

I am a Newbie and hope to pick up our new Rpod in the next week or so.
Reading your reply here regarding an inverter.

So with the inverter I can charge things like cell phones, lap tops and so on........my question is when charging theses devices is the draw on the batteries more or less than adding a few 12 volt outlets?

Thanks
Patriot Dave