Battery Smells like rotten eggs.
I woke up this morning and bad smell was coming from the front of my camper. I checked the battery it was hot and smelled like rotten eggs, is my battery shot?
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
DANGER!
This is no joke! Disconnect from shore power. Let the battery cool down. Put on a set of goggles or safety glasses.
Take an image of battery wiring positive and negative
Fill the battery with water, any water
I have seen a boiled out battery now full of gas explode as it was being removed, and the guy pulling it out now has ear damage from the explosion. Fill it with water and purge that gas!
NOW Remove battery. It's worthless except as a trade in.
Return with new battery. Verify nothing else got damaged by high voltage. Lights, refrigerator, etc.
Note voltage of battery as installed. Do this in the morning not late afternoon. Connect shore power and monitor charging voltage. If voltage surges, zig zags, or acts weird, stop. The converter has PMS. This is as far as I'll go, anything more would be conjecture and pure manufacture of permutations not warranted at the moment...
