Batteries on both sides in the engine compartment?

[michael1]

When I bought mine, I had the engine and 1 house battery on the passenger side.
I did not have a buzz box and installed an inverter under the bunk sofa and relocated the house battery to the driver side.
At some point, I relocated and installed 2 house batteries in the back and put the inverter under the now permanent bed.
I am now rethinking moving the batteries back to the front due to weight balancing.
I have 3 AGM batteries and think I will keep them inside the motorhome, I do not see myself going back to lead acid.
I will probably move the inverter under to bunk also.
I think adding the batteries to the driver side would balance the weight over the wheels in the front.
I cannot think of any negative results, other than the additional battery cables needed.
--
1973 GMC 26' Glacier - Unknown Mileage - Has a new switch pitch transmission with Powerdrive

 

[john phillips]

I do not think your batteries weigh enough to be significant in your weigh
balance. Whether or not you have a person in the right from seat would make
more difference.

On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 12:57 PM Michael via Gmclist <

> When I bought mine, I had the engine and 1 house battery on the passenger
> side.
> I did not have a buzz box and installed an inverter under the bunk sofa
> and relocated the house battery to the driver side.
> At some point, I relocated and installed 2 house batteries in the back and
> put the inverter under the now permanent bed.
> I am now rethinking moving the batteries back to the front due to weight
> balancing.
> I have 3 AGM batteries and think I will keep them inside the motorhome, I
> do not see myself going back to lead acid.
> I will probably move the inverter under to bunk also.
> I think adding the batteries to the driver side would balance the weight
> over the wheels in the front.
> I cannot think of any negative results, other than the additional battery
> cables needed.
> --
> 1973 GMC 26' Glacier - Unknown Mileage - Has a new switch pitch
> transmission with Powerdrive
>
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*John Phillips*

 

[Ken H.]

Get the coach weighed and place the batteries appropriately to balance the
loading -- DON'T guess!

I personally prefer having my chassis battery (Gp.27) and two GC2 golf cart
batteries on the front passenger side, but if you have 3 house batteries,
that won't work.

Wherever you put the batteries, keep the jumpers, and the leads to the
inverter SHORT.

JMHO,

Ken H.

On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 3:57 PM Michael via Gmclist
wrote:

> When I bought mine, I had the engine and 1 house battery on the passenger
> side.
> I did not have a buzz box and installed an inverter under the bunk sofa
> and relocated the house battery to the driver side.
> At some point, I relocated and installed 2 house batteries in the back and
> put the inverter under the now permanent bed.
> I am now rethinking moving the batteries back to the front due to weight
> balancing.
> I have 3 AGM batteries and think I will keep them inside the motorhome, I
> do not see myself going back to lead acid.
> I will probably move the inverter under to bunk also.
> I think adding the batteries to the driver side would balance the weight
> over the wheels in the front.
> I cannot think of any negative results, other than the additional battery
> cables needed.
> --
> 1973 GMC 26' Glacier - Unknown Mileage - Has a new switch pitch
> transmission with Powerdrive
>
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[Mark Bennett]

G'day,

I have posted this before, but for those newer owners who haven't seen our option on solar.
We fitted our GMC with Solar 14 years ago and haven't looked back. The original batteries lasted 9 years, approx 3 years ago, the square wave Trace
(xantrex) inverter charger, was replaced with a sine wave Victron inverter charger (has many great features including trickle charging the start
battery, power sharing and easy set up with a laptop)

The photos are the right way around, our GMC has been converted to right hand drive.

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g5591-solar.html
--
Mark Bennett
Gail & Mark's Cruiser
Gold Coast, Australia.
Motorhoming Lifestyle.com

 

[john r. lebetski]

Cold temporarily reduces battery output, but HEAT is the enemy of batteries. So keep that in mind in the engine compartment. Personally I have one
Group 78 with 1050 CA up front and a 4D for house in rear.
--
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II

 

[john r. lebetski]

That heater sounds like a nice option. It's probably not as hot where the batts live in a GMC off to the side with a clear shot at the grill. In a car
the core support and low hood has them sandwiched pretty tight.
--
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II

 

[michael1]

AGM and the Lithium batteries do not exhaust gases, so they technically can be put inside the coach.
You do lose storage space, but it keeps them away from the engine heat.

--
1973 GMC 26' Glacier - Unknown Mileage - Has a new switch pitch transmission with Powerdrive