Batteries serviced
With the huge amount of heat we have had this spring and summer in the South, we have traveled very little since January. The rig stays plugged in to 30 amp with occasional short drives to keep the t...
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Gdetrailer wrote:Lwiddis wrote:
Two and a quarter gallons of water for topping off six batteries?
Or way overfilled them..
I only need to add 18 oz for my pair of 6V GC2s (about 3 oz per cell) once per yr which gets the water level to just below (IE not touching) the plastic fill rings..
If you are filling until the water touches or is higher than the bottom of the fill rings you are way over filling.
Basically you only want to have enough water to cover the plates, but not touch the fill rings.
Anything higher up the fill rings results in electrolyte being boiled out at a higher rate which then coats the tops of the battery with acid fumes which attacks your connections.
My first set of GC2 gave me 9 yrs of service, never had to clean or grease the terminals. As those batteries aged, they did use a bit more water, maybe 4 oz per cell at yr 9.
weird, I was always told to fill them to the bottom of the tube but not to block off the slots. mine lasted 15 years doing that, but I topped them off 4 times a year and they did use more water towards the end.
