Need Quick Answer to Battery Question! HELP!
Hi. I noticed that one of the two 12V batteries in my fiver was getting hot. Obviously defective. I removed the wires going to the negative terminal and secured them together with a screw and nut. So,...
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Mr. Ed,
Yes one battery is fine. Yes, all you need do is disconnect one terminal from the defective battery.
Is it possible that the hot one was low on water in one or more cells while your good one had better coverage? Just like running a battery dead, dead, dead, you can get away with re filling with distilled water a cooked battery once, maybe twice, but then forget it. It will let you down in a pinch.
As posted, this one remaining battery alone is probably better energy and cost ($) effective than two unmatched in a set. Next best is toss both and buy one new one, very best may be to buy two new, but that depends on what you have (big slides and big foot energy drawers) and what you do or don't do (boondock, long storage periods). A single larger 12 volt one, or two big six volt true deep cycle batteries in series may be your best bet.
Yes one battery is fine. Yes, all you need do is disconnect one terminal from the defective battery.
Is it possible that the hot one was low on water in one or more cells while your good one had better coverage? Just like running a battery dead, dead, dead, you can get away with re filling with distilled water a cooked battery once, maybe twice, but then forget it. It will let you down in a pinch.
As posted, this one remaining battery alone is probably better energy and cost ($) effective than two unmatched in a set. Next best is toss both and buy one new one, very best may be to buy two new, but that depends on what you have (big slides and big foot energy drawers) and what you do or don't do (boondock, long storage periods). A single larger 12 volt one, or two big six volt true deep cycle batteries in series may be your best bet.
