RV Battery question
We have two group 24 Interstate installed and recently we noticed they were not holding a charge (ie, after being fully charged and no load on them they dropped down to a low of 12.04v.in less than 8 ...
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quasi wrote:
Good question Fulltimer50. The short answer is yes, the procedure for testing a deep cycle (RV) lead acid battery is the same as for a starting battery. For the long answer and the definitive way to properly test a lead acid battery,check out www.pacificpowerbatteries.com, scroll down and click on battery school then deep cycle batteries.
(For some reason, I can't paste the link in this response.)
There's more to testing a battery properly than clamping a load tester and reading a go/no-go gauge. (Release the Trolls . . . )
Jim
You are so CORRECT,,, a lead acid battery (most) is just 2 items from being a life form...
and a 12.6 volt battery is really (6) 2.1 volt batteries...
each its own chamber.. and LIFE.
and 1 under performer affects the other 5. directly or indirectly.
43 years in the business .. I learned a few things.
