Battery SG
I have two GC2 batteries that I did not check on when I should have. The few day ago, when looking at them I found I gassed out the water. I added water 1gal total. Put a charge on them( with big hope...
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dclark1946 wrote:CT_WANDERER wrote:RoyB wrote:
I never had any luck... They look like they have made a couple of times but when I started my long periods of pulling 20AMPS continuous at 6PM settling in for the evening they always seem to go out on me around 10PM at night.
A long slow charge starting with 14.4VDC for a couple or three days is the way I always try to bring them back...
Sounds like 13.6VDC eat up some more batteries to me... When I finally bit the bullet and replaced out my new WFCO WF-8945 Converter/charger for the PD9260C converter/charger I haven't boiled out any fluids since then. This was in 2009... You can bet I still do my bi-weekly fluid checks on them when on long charge times sitting here at the house haha... Then ther batteries are expensive to not keep your checks going...
Roy Ken
I have been checking them on 6 month bases, was doing good at that. This time I went9 months, but I did use them a lot. Will have to rethink that routine. Back to 6months or less. These batteries are not on the solar system. Gary
Simce you were using them a lot in the 9 month period how were they recharged? (I am assuming you were doing some dry camping) Were the batteries being charged/maintained by the converter the rest of the time when you were not using the batteries?
Dick
These batteries are separated from the rest of the MH house system. They take care of only the bedroom inverter system for the bedroom TV and Sat and 12 volt fans. They are charge off a battery charger. I am seeing, I need to install a good quality small converter and get rid of the battery charger I been using. Gary
