Battery Failing Prematurely
I bought a 100 amp hour deep cycle battery about 18 months ago, and it seems to be failing. It will only remain above 12 volts in the camper, for about 12 to 14 hours, with normal camper use. When i...
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After being fully charged at home, the battery will last the first few nights at an unserviced site without losing much charge. I have a Honda 2000i genny, and charge it about an hour a day, via the camper's built in charger (i.e. the genny plugged into the camper's 110 AC system...). Each day, the battery drains faster, until after a week, I'm charging it twice a day. I suspect this isn't enough daily charge to bring it back to a full charge
this is it, you are not giving the battery enough recharge time
it does not come back to full charge and has been slowly sulphating to death
(1) hour per day is not enough with 'that converter'
you have killed the battery
you will do the same with the new battery, unless you use more/sufficient charge time
