Boiled one of two 5th-wheel batteries
Greetings all, I am a new user with a problem. I had newish batteries in my 2011 Montana (purchased batteries this year). I have the smart converter with boost mode. Anyway, the rig was plugge...
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lc0338 wrote:
There could be something wired differently but I believe normally when the vehicle ignition is in off position there should not be any power to the vehicle plug. I suspect while plugged into AC the converter is doing all the work and the batteries are just maintained. I'm thinking kinda like timflood. How long ago did you add distilled water to the batteries? The still need to be checked and watered even when on shore power.
Good point about the power off with key off, but in my trucks case, normal or not, it is always hot. I will check if that is an option I can change. The water was topped off within the three weeks of being on the AC, and because it was on AC I made sure they remained full. Like I said, this is an odd one for sure. Fine for weeks and not a hint of problem until the truck was connected. I normally never do this except while prepping for an imidiate departure, but again, I wanted it ready as possible for the morning.
Very odd indeed. Never ever had anything like it happen before. I alway disconnect truck firm RV when I get to destination too. ALWAYS, and I need the truck as the get around the area vehicle.
Back to drawing board as they say.
