AGM 11.06v after charging. Hopeless?
This is about my old house battery, not the Fiamms nor the MK gels in my ice machine. I've been suspicious of this battery for a while, but have not used it much and had other things to worry about...
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What happened?
Well, it has had a rough life. I bought it used, as half of a pair, 7-10 years ago. Was told they had been a forklift batteries. It tested great, then, but I had to test several to get two good ones.
I got very ill right after I bought it, and for several years I cycled the batteries when I felt well enough but that might have been once every 6 months. Maybe I topped them off some times in between.
Then, when I was building my first van, I got a 12v fridge and foolishly left it running off the two batteries. Killed one outright, but this one seemed ok (not great) so I kept it. Later, told friend who was helping me NOT to plug the microwave into the inverter to test the inverter. He did, boom went inverter.
Got a new HF inverter and I complain about it a lot but maybe it was having trouble with the battery.
Battery did all I asked of it 1st year camping, but that was not a lot. Fridge only when driving and during gas stops, heating pads, sometimes a 300w heater for 5 or 10 minutes. Second year it seemed iffy. 12 months ago, driving north, it would not run the 65watt fridge when we stopped for gas. Only when van was running. Have hardly used it in the last 12 months, and when I did it did not always work. But sometimes it was ok and because of the variability I thought the prob was the inverter.
Still, when I realise how long I have had it and what it has been through, I can't complain about the $75 I spent.
Well, it has had a rough life. I bought it used, as half of a pair, 7-10 years ago. Was told they had been a forklift batteries. It tested great, then, but I had to test several to get two good ones.
I got very ill right after I bought it, and for several years I cycled the batteries when I felt well enough but that might have been once every 6 months. Maybe I topped them off some times in between.
Then, when I was building my first van, I got a 12v fridge and foolishly left it running off the two batteries. Killed one outright, but this one seemed ok (not great) so I kept it. Later, told friend who was helping me NOT to plug the microwave into the inverter to test the inverter. He did, boom went inverter.
Got a new HF inverter and I complain about it a lot but maybe it was having trouble with the battery.
Battery did all I asked of it 1st year camping, but that was not a lot. Fridge only when driving and during gas stops, heating pads, sometimes a 300w heater for 5 or 10 minutes. Second year it seemed iffy. 12 months ago, driving north, it would not run the 65watt fridge when we stopped for gas. Only when van was running. Have hardly used it in the last 12 months, and when I did it did not always work. But sometimes it was ok and because of the variability I thought the prob was the inverter.
Still, when I realise how long I have had it and what it has been through, I can't complain about the $75 I spent.
