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wbwood
Explorer
Mar 04, 2014

Chassis battery

Went to crank up our motorhome the other day to run it for a little and run the generator. The chassis battery was dead. Had to start it with the switch that draws from the house batteries. Let it run for about an hour. Turned it off and tried cranking it again, but had to use the house battery switch again. I would of thought it would been enough to charge it back up. I cranked it up last month and ran it for a while without issue. I guess the colder than normal weather took its toll on it. The house batteries seem to be fine though.

Anyone know what the next step should be? Would putting it on a battery charger help? Do I try to jump start it? Will that be better? Take it to autozone and see if they can bring it back up?

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  • Check to make sure it hasn't frozen. If so replace it. If not put it on a smart charger.
  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer II
    I usually put it on my B&D VEC1093DBD portable charger and let it do its magic for a couple of days. Then throw it away in the core pile. Seems like for me once they get run down that bad they are history.

    I usually leave my batteries sitting on the trailer but totally switched off-line. You probably got hit by some parasitic battery drain..

    NOTE: once they get run down then they are prone to freeze as stated in below post...

    Roy Ken

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