Battery recommendations
I'm just looking for a new chassis battery for my 2006 E450 super duty Figured it's time for a new one seeing how I have no idea how old this one is, and I think it's getting weak
Forum Discussion
pnichols wrote:
I'm curious ... why do you think that you were running your previous flooded chassis battery partly discharged too much? I'm assuming that our flooded chassis battery is getting fully charged by the alternator between campsites - but we do change campsites often on RV trips.
For those of us fortunate enough to be able to store our Class C RV's at home, I agree on keeping it kindof ready for use as a get-away vehicle at all times.
Took a look at the log data I had. I’ve been running 84-month batteries in several vehicles and never paid much attention to them. Would replace them at 84 months with no issues. The moho chassis battery lasted only 64 months and had to use the house battery emergency start when it failed.
One car did have a battery issue but it turned out the alternator was failing.
Have had the chassis battery connected for a while when working on it and measuring 12.44V currently. Fully charged I remember measuring 12.7V where fully charged AGM should be 12.8V+. The electric steps + other drains are likely drawing enough current to pull the voltage down 0.1V. I haven’t measured the actual current draw.
Charging chassis battery now until I disconnect it until the next trip.
