house battery concern
I am having the exterior refinished and today went in to choose colors. The house batteries, 4 Interstates installed 2/15/2010, were almost flat. The business owner said lights must have been left o...
Forum Discussion
snowdance wrote:
As others said how long they were down may be a problem. However if they were up when taken in and ran down from lights ect and they plug it in and bring them up it may be a plus as running them down and recharging does need to be done a few times a year. Keeping them at a full charge full time and never running them down will make their life shorter also. I have found out over the last 40+ years of fussing with them in RV's and boats.
It had been at their shop for a week when we went in yesterday. The batteries were fully charged or close to it when we took it in. My storage location is only 5 minutes away so I monitor it regularly and when there always check battery condition.
Also, the terminals were clean when I took it in and yesterday there was some of that greenish crud visible on at least a couple terminals. We dry camp almost exclusively and the normal discharge level is 12.2 before we move on and it gets recharged.
