Cloudy electrolyte
Typical group 27 "deep cycle" batteries, in my Class C. Almost exactly two years old. Most of the time the MH is sitting in storage. The first year when in storage, the battery switch was OFF and a Battery Tender was connected.
This year, the MH has not been used for 9 months in a row, and has been in storage again. I had replaced the stock converter with a PD converter which should be fine for storage, and so the battery switch was left ON and the converter was used for the storage needs.
Today in preparation for leaving for AZ in two weeks, I took off the caps of the batteries. Without even drawing any out, I could easily see the electrolyte was cloudy. Some cells white, some darker. I could not even see the tops of the plates even while using a flashlight into the hole.
We are going to be doing quite a bit of dry camping. Time for new batteries, I suppose. That stinks. I realize those batteries are likely cheaply made. I don't know whether to blame them or the converter. Well really, I guess we can blame the long period of inactivity. Ultimately this is user error, but is the equipment partly to blame?
This year, the MH has not been used for 9 months in a row, and has been in storage again. I had replaced the stock converter with a PD converter which should be fine for storage, and so the battery switch was left ON and the converter was used for the storage needs.
Today in preparation for leaving for AZ in two weeks, I took off the caps of the batteries. Without even drawing any out, I could easily see the electrolyte was cloudy. Some cells white, some darker. I could not even see the tops of the plates even while using a flashlight into the hole.
We are going to be doing quite a bit of dry camping. Time for new batteries, I suppose. That stinks. I realize those batteries are likely cheaply made. I don't know whether to blame them or the converter. Well really, I guess we can blame the long period of inactivity. Ultimately this is user error, but is the equipment partly to blame?
