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 plugged into my home AC for 3 weeks and during this time I had no issues. Batteries were cool to the touch, the voltage was good, and the led converter was showing that it was in float mode. Then, about 12 hours before my departure I hooked up the truck so that I could leave early. So now the truck and 5th-wheel are plugged together with the stock 8 point cord, and I also left the AC plugged in to keep the frig cool. Next morning, one of the two batteries boiled dry or almost dry and it was so bad that the LP alarm was alarming too. Scary stuff, hydrogen enough to set off the gas alarm!!
So here is my thought, the truck connection made the converter see lower voltage that real at the 5th-wheel batteries and this caused the converter wizard to switch to boost mode. BWT, boost mode is 14.4 VDC@90 amps.
Does any of this sound as a reasonable explanation or does anyone have a better thought?
Thank you much!!
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 plugged into my home AC for 3 weeks and during this time I had no issues. Batteries were cool to the touch, the voltage was good, and the led converter was showing that it was in float mode. Then, about 12 hours before my departure I hooked up the truck so that I could leave early. So now the truck and 5th-wheel are plugged together with the stock 8 point cord, and I also left the AC plugged in to keep the frig cool. Next morning, one of the two batteries boiled dry or almost dry and it was so bad that the LP alarm was alarming too. Scary stuff, hydrogen enough to set off the gas alarm!!
So here is my thought, the truck connection made the converter see lower voltage that real at the 5th-wheel batteries and this caused the converter wizard to switch to boost mode. BWT, boost mode is 14.4 VDC@90 amps.
Does any of this sound as a reasonable explanation or does anyone have a better thought?
Thank you much!!
