Any specific time to replace Batteries?
I know you should replace tires between 5 to 7 yrs, definitely before the 10 yr mark. So does anyone change their rigs batteries by a certain time? Ours are about 5 or 6 yrs old now. We live full tim...
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ktmrfs,
For marine jars 20% is the figure to aim at. i.e. they should always be 80% or higher state of charge. I got around that by having 7 in two banks--which gave me 140 amp-hours of "safe" discharge and it ran large inverters with heavy loads as if they were no trouble at all.
I did get tired of laying in the snow to check electrolyte levels, so when they finally began to fail after 9 years I replaced them with used telecom jars.
For marine jars 20% is the figure to aim at. i.e. they should always be 80% or higher state of charge. I got around that by having 7 in two banks--which gave me 140 amp-hours of "safe" discharge and it ran large inverters with heavy loads as if they were no trouble at all.
I did get tired of laying in the snow to check electrolyte levels, so when they finally began to fail after 9 years I replaced them with used telecom jars.
