Hey fellow Newell owners! We just purchased #637 and drove her home to Florida from Arizona. What a beauty she is however we have been having some charging issues along our 4 day adventure back to Florida. Now home we realize that yes, the the cranking batteries are new however our house batteries are toast and need to be replaced yesterday. Tom has been an amazing resource of information to us from the start and we are so thankful to him and this site.
We are trying to locate 4 AGM batteries a

On 698 I have two battery disconnect switches, one for the inverter bank and one for the house. Without wiring diagrams it appears each of the two banks are dedicated. My question is why would these two banks be isolated from each other? I am contemplating installing a contactor that would merge the two banks. This would allow all the battery capacity to be utilized as needed to supply all electrical DC demands. Thanks for any feedback and suggestions.