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07-17-2017, 08:02 AM
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pop the top on your old battery and fill with distilled water to the bottom of the ring...
that will add some capacity...
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07-17-2017, 08:39 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rsdata
pop the top on your old battery and fill with distilled water to the bottom of the ring...
that will add some capacity...
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Batteries are Maintenance Free !!!
Has no removal caps ???
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07-17-2017, 08:55 AM
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Maintenance free are not good batteries the have if it is always plugged in.
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07-17-2017, 08:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SYE
Maintenance free are not good batteries the have if it is always plugged in.
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Interesting !!!
Maybe if I replace them I should @ something else ???
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07-17-2017, 09:07 AM
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Unless they are Optima maintenance free, I would not use them. I am on my 6th season with my Interstates, I check the water in them 2 times during the season and add appropriately, still going strong. The chargers on these campers will boil let water inside them and then the water level gets low.
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2018 Silverado 3500HD Dually 6.6L Duramax/Allison
2018 Columbus 366RL 1492 Edition
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2016 93, 2017 79, 2018 84, 2019 59, 2020 0,
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07-17-2017, 09:24 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SYE
Unless they are Optima maintenance free, I would not use them. I am on my 6th season with my Interstates, I check the water in them 2 times during the season and add appropriately, still going strong. The chargers on these campers will boil let water inside them and then the water level gets low.
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Maybe that is what has happen ???
I am showing over 13 V and well over 12v when I test them with load tester !
They just don't seem to be holding the charge very long,,, we have only boondock twice in the last 2 years,,, for one day & one night,,, batteries have died both times !!! This year I used the Genny to put slides out,,, and we watched TV for just over 1 hour before the died !!!
Maybe I am expecting too much ???
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07-17-2017, 09:30 AM
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They should last longer than that, is your TV a 12 volt tv? If you have a generator, use that to charge them. Somehow it seems like something is draining them to go dead that quick
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07-17-2017, 09:39 AM
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Quote:
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They should last longer than that, is your TV a 12 volt tv? If you have a generator, use that to charge them. Somehow it seems like something is draining them to go dead that quick
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Yes TV is 12v,,, I agree with something draining them ???
Drained them to the point I had to start MH,,, so I could start Genny !!!
Not willing @ this time to spend a lot of $$$ to find out what it might be !!!
As I said we only boondock 1 day a year,,, so I will just try to keep Genny's Pic 0 Crap Carb clean !!!
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