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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Ok, it looks like I am thinking along the right line in changing out the batteries. They are about 5 or 6 years old and over the last year or so the chassis battery doesn't seem to be holding that good of a charge. We have been mostly hooked up at one spot for awhile (job) but now we are about to go cross country and more so I am right in thinking that we are needing to just replace them all before we leave at the end of the month.
EDIT:
Last year at this time we went to Vegas. Starting the coach to come home we realized that the alternator was not charging the battery. The only thing charging the chassis battery was the 20 yr old 100 watt solar panel. With nothing running (ie no lights or ac) we were able to keep the charge at about 12 or so just in order to make it home. We made it all the way back to Lancaster, CA just before the sun went down. About 25 miles away the sun started to go down and you could see the charge start to drop. My other half rebuilt the alternator and now it all works like it should but I had a feeling that the batteries got a little down from that and needed to be changed out.
EDIT:
Last year at this time we went to Vegas. Starting the coach to come home we realized that the alternator was not charging the battery. The only thing charging the chassis battery was the 20 yr old 100 watt solar panel. With nothing running (ie no lights or ac) we were able to keep the charge at about 12 or so just in order to make it home. We made it all the way back to Lancaster, CA just before the sun went down. About 25 miles away the sun started to go down and you could see the charge start to drop. My other half rebuilt the alternator and now it all works like it should but I had a feeling that the batteries got a little down from that and needed to be changed out.
