Deep cycle battery maintenance
Hello experts My TT and interstate batteries are there years old. The trailer is plugged into my house when not in use. It gets five or so trips per year so is plugged into the house most of the ti...
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I’m back.
Went many months without checking and both batteries dried out some. Of course it was right before a trip, Friday night, didn’t want to get stranded boondocking so I went looking for 2 deep cycle marine type batteries, of course everywhere sold out.
So I went back to my batteries with some distilled water, filled them to the bottom of the plastic as best I could but not more, and hoped for the best.
Batteries drained between 1/3-2/3 (according to my TT meter)) which is pretty standard for our summer usage x 4 days (didn’t use the heater, for example).
Now the water is still covering the plates but of course I understand some damage may have been done when they dried out. Plus they are just about five years old. So should I just buy two new batteries? I really, really wouldn’t want to get stranded because most of our camping is off grid. Worst case scenario, I guess I can hook up the trailer to the truck and at least get enough juice to operate the tongue jack and the slide, of course those are my biggest worries because if I can’t get those to operate, I can’t drive home.
I will be more diligent about checking water level and I will buy one of those fillers to be precise.
Thank you
Went many months without checking and both batteries dried out some. Of course it was right before a trip, Friday night, didn’t want to get stranded boondocking so I went looking for 2 deep cycle marine type batteries, of course everywhere sold out.
So I went back to my batteries with some distilled water, filled them to the bottom of the plastic as best I could but not more, and hoped for the best.
Batteries drained between 1/3-2/3 (according to my TT meter)) which is pretty standard for our summer usage x 4 days (didn’t use the heater, for example).
Now the water is still covering the plates but of course I understand some damage may have been done when they dried out. Plus they are just about five years old. So should I just buy two new batteries? I really, really wouldn’t want to get stranded because most of our camping is off grid. Worst case scenario, I guess I can hook up the trailer to the truck and at least get enough juice to operate the tongue jack and the slide, of course those are my biggest worries because if I can’t get those to operate, I can’t drive home.
I will be more diligent about checking water level and I will buy one of those fillers to be precise.
Thank you
