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D_E_Bishop
Oct 05, 2013Explorer
These things took three days so technically not applicable here. Been having problems with batteries taking and keeping a charge, looked at them and decided that I was at the beginning of a problem from dropping some acid while checking specific gravity. Took all the cables off, cleaned all parts of the batteries including the frames that hold them. Washed down with a baking soda and water paste, some places several times. Burnished all the cable ends, scrapped and wire brushed the ground cable connection hole in the frame, coated everything with a light coating of dialectric grease and reconnected everything. There had been six crimp on type cable terminals on the positive side of the second u2200 battery. Two heavy battery cable connectors and four misc. connectors. I wanted to clean up that mess for a couple of years and had purchased and installed two 35 amp buss bars(one for the positive side of batteries and one on the frame for ground) and a six fuse panel. I ran one #6 wire from the battery to the positive buss(I had some left over from another project on the S&B) and rerouted the four 16 to 10 guage wires from the battery to the buss bar and rewired a charging station for cells phones, iPods and the like from piggybach on a 35amp circuit breaker to it's own fuse. What a difference in battery performance in my two six volt Interstate house batteries.
I also cleaned and scrubbed the front cap with Barr Keepers Friend and reapplied RNP to the front. Looks great again, now we're almost ready for the beach in November and where ever in Jan and Feb.
Small recover job on the dinette and I'm done untill late spring.
I also cleaned and scrubbed the front cap with Barr Keepers Friend and reapplied RNP to the front. Looks great again, now we're almost ready for the beach in November and where ever in Jan and Feb.
Small recover job on the dinette and I'm done untill late spring.
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