Interstate Battery

My batteries were install in 2008/2009...

I get the same result leaving my batteries on my OFF-ROAD RV. They are totally disconnected however...

I fired them all up a couple weeks back after sitting since October last year unattended. Good for yet another season... These are the standard issue GP 24 Interstate batteries that usually come with the new trailer.

I started out with four 85AH installed but I lost one right away in 2008 trying to keep the trailer plugged in all the time and it had a single mode converter/charger. Boiled the fluids out of one battery and it shorted internally. After that I installed a 4-stage converter/charger unit which did great from there on. Now here lately I have just been switching my batteries totally out of the circuit and let them set unattended for the winter season. They were charged to a full 100% when I disconnected them in October and last week when I tested them they were at 12.4VDC.

They are back running off my trailer converter/charger now

If I get my planned 120WATT Solar Panel installed for evaluation this season that will become my battery tender over the winter months

Roy Ken

I feel old batteries are a live or die story. Not a battery but maybe you or a friend.

chevman

I'm not a battery designer, or engineer, or connected with any battery company. That said, I have talked with many people in the auto trades industry that swear by Interstate batteries where cold weather is a factor. Seems they are built for the lower edge in temperatures. I have used them in my Cube and gotten 8-10 years service. My coach batteries are now AGM's and have no track record. The chassis battery is a four year old Interstate, but gets regular charging, so can't speak to the holding charge time.

I replaced my Motorcraft battery (original) in my F250, recently. I got 10 years, one month out of it. I have a 1500w sound system and Ford's bogus door switches that keep the interior light on, sometimes, while I'm away.

I use to really like Interstate. The newer ones just are not holding up. I wander what they have done that the qualitiy is not what it was.

I had an Interstate deep cycle in my boat. It was the best strongest battery I've ever had, then after only 4 years it up and died. I was really disappointed
because of all the lasting power this thing had. Now I'm afraid to buy another one.

too extend a battery ,some maint is required.

I'm guessing most of us know by now, that Interstate Batteries is only a marketing company. Their products are all made by other companies, principally Johnson Controls for wet cells. Johnson also makes batteries for Walmart, Sears, and many others.

kennethwooster wrote:
I use to really like Interstate. The newer ones just are not holding up. I wander what they have done that the qualitiy is not what it was.

It's like everything else that's manufactured. Companies figured it out along time ago that there wasn't any money in making things that lasted for more than 5... 6 years, maybe 10. The crappier they make stuff, the sooner it has to be replaced, more profit. Nowadays it's all about MONEY!

Dutch_12078 wrote:
I'm guessing most of us know by now, that Interstate Batteries is only a marketing company. Their products are all made by other companies, principally Johnson Controls for wet cells. Johnson also makes batteries for Walmart, Sears, and many others.

So do you think they are all the same?