deep cycle battery foe lights an fans

[Boar]

Dose anyone have a recomendation for a good deep cycle battery to runs lights or fans in a ice house that is financialy freindly? boar

[Bobb-o]

I had a cheap fleet farm one last winter that ran the lights, heater, and fan in the house. would last for three days before it would need a charge.

[Surface Tension]

Sam's Club or Wallmart. Keep them charged and fluids up and they'll give you years of service.

[Pleasant]

I seem to have the best luck with wallymart ones.

Also like the fact that if I do get a bad one I have 24 hour exchange most anywhere I am at.

Lynn J.

[SDbowhunter]

I only use interstate batteries for every thing. Once in High School I left the lights on my truck for 4 hours she still turned over. My dad has one deep cycle that we have used for 7 years ice fishing and trolling motors and is still a great battery. My cranking battery on my boat sat out side for 2 years with out being recharged before i bought it. Charged it up and its held a good charge for 2 seasons now. I'd look into buying blems. The ones i have for my trolling motor cost me 35 bucks a piece only thing i can see wrong with them is there is a little porosity in the lead terminals. While i've never bought a wallmart deep cycle the cranking batteries have never lasted more then a couple years for me.

[Scott K]

boar if you have a boat, use the trolling motor batteries, then it doesnt cost you anything! Otherwise, I have used several different types of batteries, and cant seem to get more then 3yrs of use out of any of them, so I guess what I am trying to say is, dont spend big money on one, the cheeper ones seemed to last just as long as the spendy ones for me!

[SDbowhunter]

The key to making a deep cycle last is charge it everytime you use it. I have a smart charger and take my batteries inside tie in parallel and keep them on the charger all winter.

[Scott K]

Mine get used year around, in the boat, ice fishing, cabin, I dont have electricity at the cabin, so they are in use alot, although they do get charged after being used.

[Boar]

what type of charger do ya use for them? do ya trickle charge with low amps or what? thanks for the input. Boar

[Scott K]

Yes I use the trickle charger, 3 bank

[fishinalot]

Stowaway from NAPA is only $10-20 more then wallyworlds dump and will last twice as long.

I bought a few everystart deep cycles from wallyworld, and never got past 2 years with them. I always charged them the right way and stored them in a heated garage when not in use.

I also get almost twice the running hours out of the stowaways. There well worth the extra $10.

[Boar]

Thanks for all the input guys, Boar