House battery "repair"?
Bought a new deep cycle battery at Walmart last April 2015. (29dc 845mca) Maxx Installed & all was good. I left it in the camper all winter+ ( 7 months ) with shore power disconnected. The camper w...
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Is there a way to save this battery? Likely no.. This is one of the problems with MARINE/deep cycle batteries, they are really starting batteries and when they die,,, they die.. Though sometimes you do get lucky.
Try a slow charger, like 10 amps or less for 3 or 4 hours, then use your multi-stage converter to fill it up.
But be aware. It may not last long, you may have lost capacity or it may have a shorteed cell (in which case it will nto charge)
True Deep Cycle batteries can go down to half full safely, and stand a much better chance of recovery if you "OH S***!" them but... Even then in your case I'd not hold my breath.
Try a slow charger, like 10 amps or less for 3 or 4 hours, then use your multi-stage converter to fill it up.
But be aware. It may not last long, you may have lost capacity or it may have a shorteed cell (in which case it will nto charge)
True Deep Cycle batteries can go down to half full safely, and stand a much better chance of recovery if you "OH S***!" them but... Even then in your case I'd not hold my breath.
