How does your slide work?
My brother in law is visiting and the batteries in his Montana 5th wheel have died. Even though he is hooked in to power at my home, his slides will not work. He has an operational converter and al...
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clev wrote:
This sounds to me like a company that doesn't want to spend the bucks to install a large amperage converter. It's incredulous that owners of upper level RV's would tolerate the inconvenience of weak or dead batteries when plugged into shore power.
Not sure why the attitude against The Montana line of campers but whatever....All of us owners don't have to tolerate weak or dead batteries. Some of us maintain our equipment as it should be. Batteries DO have a shelf life and DO need to be properly maintained. Even a maintenance free battery is not truly maintenance free. Did the RV sit with battery connected and not plugged into shore power thus allowing the battery to drain due to parasitic draw? The life of a battery is drastically decreased if allowed to decline to a completely dead state. My current 5th wheel is going on 5yrs old and still has the original battery, my previous 5th wheel was 5yrs old when traded and it too had the original battery. Never a problem with battery on either unit. Also earlier you mentioned the camper suffers from delamination. Has your BIL ever checked the caulking or re-caulked the camper? This too is part of the normal maintenance on these units. If the caulking is bad then that's an invitation for water to penetrate the walls and result in delamination which can happen to any brand. Proper maintenance and knowledge of systems goes a long way....Tim
