B+ motorhomes
I just bought a Trail Lite B+ 211s with 8.1 Chevy engine. This is my fifth motorhome (others range from an old 20' Vagabond, and three Winnegagos, from 19 to 32'. This vehicle is fantastic. I am...
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Gene in NE wrote:cheeze1 wrote:You are slightly luckier than I with an access door. I don't even have that. I have to crawl under and then almost sit up next to my single 12V battery. One of our members, Gary Swanson, put in a second battery on his rig. He turned them sideways and put something under them to raise them above the retaining lip of the support. Bad things happend for him, the support bracket weld let loose and he almost lost his batteries. I had thought about adding a second 12 Volt battery or even thought about 2-6 Volt golf cart batteries. Then decided that the single really has not been a problem for us. It is a pain to check the acid level. They do sell a solution for that at Camping World Remote Battery Fill.
Ok gang, I'm going to whine about a question that has been discussed in the past. I have that ridiculous 'access door' to my house battery...Anyway, I have seem numerous discussions about having 2 house batteries and some have also mentioned having 2 6v in series instead of a single 12. My major whine is that checking the battery is a royal PITA and I would love to do some work and switch to a slide out tray. It would mean cutting that area of the coach and then fitting some kind of support system for the slide out. Anyone have ideas?? I just thought this would kick off some excitement during the upcoming winter doldrums.(read: I CAN'T WORK ON MY RIG!).
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The salvation for us, is that we do not spend much time merely sitting in one spot. We tend to camp overnight and then move on in the morning. The engine alternator keeps the single battery fully charged. Rarely do we use shore power long enough for the converter to overcharge the battery and boil out the acid.
For those camping in one place for extended time without shore power, the single battery would soon be depleted.
Replacement of one 12V every 7 years is not that big of a deal and a little less expensive than replacing 2. ;)
Ford diesel vans have there batteries mounted on the passenger side frame rails. My Rig came with 2 batteries, I purchased another Ford OEM frame rail battery box off E-bay and switched to maintenance free AGM batteries.
