dead house batteries
Bear with me - this post might run long as I try to give some background. Bought the coach (2004 HR Vacationer with V-10) last summer and the house batteries were fairly new, having been replaced t...
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Mike,
Your nice GC2 are hurt.
If you really hope to try to save them, get a small (like 10 amp charger) disconnect the converter/charger. That converter/charger will want to hit them hard and that will make heat that they will not like. They are soooo dead now that they may never recover.
When you get the charger on there, be ready to wait about a day. It may be three or four HOURS until the bank actually starts to charge.
Just future reference, a Lead/Acid battery at 12V is half depleted. (That is actually about 11.8 for good deep cycle, but you get the idea.) As dead as yours are, you are going to have to replace about 250+ Ampere Hours.
I have seen this more than a few times, and I give you about a 50/50 shot and recovering 75% of the capacity.
Good Luck
Matt
Your nice GC2 are hurt.
If you really hope to try to save them, get a small (like 10 amp charger) disconnect the converter/charger. That converter/charger will want to hit them hard and that will make heat that they will not like. They are soooo dead now that they may never recover.
When you get the charger on there, be ready to wait about a day. It may be three or four HOURS until the bank actually starts to charge.
Just future reference, a Lead/Acid battery at 12V is half depleted. (That is actually about 11.8 for good deep cycle, but you get the idea.) As dead as yours are, you are going to have to replace about 250+ Ampere Hours.
I have seen this more than a few times, and I give you about a 50/50 shot and recovering 75% of the capacity.
Good Luck
Matt
