Battery questions (Cold Climate)
Hello everyone, the cold weather is settling in and now I must winterize. I live in the North East so it gets cold here. Will my batteries be okay if I left them in the trailer with the trailer plug...
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Last winter I left the two Trojan T-105s in the TT and the converter running.
During the winter, the converter failed and the batteries ran down (propane detector, etc). The coldest it went down to was a few degrees below zero. That was enough to freeze the electrolyte and crack the cases on both batteries (since discharged batteries freeze at a lower temp than charged batteries).
If I left the batteries in the TT with the converter running again, I would leave a small light on in the TT so I could see there was 12V power just by looking out the window at night.
Steve
During the winter, the converter failed and the batteries ran down (propane detector, etc). The coldest it went down to was a few degrees below zero. That was enough to freeze the electrolyte and crack the cases on both batteries (since discharged batteries freeze at a lower temp than charged batteries).
If I left the batteries in the TT with the converter running again, I would leave a small light on in the TT so I could see there was 12V power just by looking out the window at night.
Steve
