backchannel: this week in battery mistakes

not a deep cycle > I put a single 1400Ah (700 useable) wet cell in my travel trailer at 170 pounds. No solar yet Uh, no.  OP bought a marine battery with 1400 CCA.  Not a deep cycle, as s/he will find out within a year.   killing me softly > 655ah of  batteries! … I got