Mineral Oil In Batteries - My Update
About a year ago it was time for new batteries. The old ones had served us well with almost 9 years of use but their time had passed. While cleaning up the battery bay I decided on this set of batt...
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When I bought my Diplomat new in 2005, I always had battery acid build up in my battery bay. I added the specialty "water miser" battery caps and mineral oil. This cut down on the acid, but didn't solve it. I was new to owning a DP with multiple batteries and just didn't know better. Later on, we were camping with friends who also had a Monaco Diplomat and I looked in his battery bay and it was dry and dusty. It was then that I found out my battery charger was overcharging the batteries.
When we got home, I called Magnum Inverters and they walked me through setting up my charger. After it was correctly set, I never had another issue. Now, I make sure my charger is set correctly and use the ProFill automatic battery watering system. I never touch my batteries and it takes me less than 5 minutes to completely fill all six.
No offense, but all the gimmicks, which I tried, are just a bandaid for the real problem. The reason that mineral oil was popular years ago, especially with large manufacturers, was due to poor quality battery chargers that cooked batteries versus the new ones which use sophisticated sensors and slow down charging as the battery becomes completely charged.
When we got home, I called Magnum Inverters and they walked me through setting up my charger. After it was correctly set, I never had another issue. Now, I make sure my charger is set correctly and use the ProFill automatic battery watering system. I never touch my batteries and it takes me less than 5 minutes to completely fill all six.
No offense, but all the gimmicks, which I tried, are just a bandaid for the real problem. The reason that mineral oil was popular years ago, especially with large manufacturers, was due to poor quality battery chargers that cooked batteries versus the new ones which use sophisticated sensors and slow down charging as the battery becomes completely charged.
