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What Kind Of House Batteries Do I Need For My RV?

by Daniel
(Palmdale,Ca )

Hello there I just bought a 1987 Winnebago and I am going to replace my auxiliary batteries and I was wondering what type do I need to purchase? Right now I have two 12 Volts.

ANSWER: Hi Daniel you need to use Deep Cycle Batteries to replace your existing RV house batteries.

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We have a lot of great information on our website about why you should use Deep Cycle Batteriesicon on our website. I urge you to take a moment and read the answers I gave to the questions below to get all the information you need on RV batteries.

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Hope this helps.


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