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joshuajim
Explorer II
Sep 26, 2019

I think I'm looking at new batteries.

I have a pair of interstate Costco 6v that are about 3 years old. We don't boondocks anymore and the trailer is at the ranch and hooked up constantly. PD9855 (?) does the charging.

I did a SOC and all 6 cells are 1.275 or slightly higher. I checked the voltage on the positive (connection) battery and it is about a half a volt higher than the negative (connection) battery.

When I put the Meanwell on the positive battery bubbles like crazy and the negative battery barely bubbles.

I reversed the battery and the negative battery still does not bubble much. I cleaned all the connections and the interconnect cable reads 0 ohms.

I'm pretty sure it means new batteries.
  • Are you still using the trailer, other than where it's parked now? IF not, or if never without hookups available, you may want to simplify to a single 12 VOLT rv/marine battery just to simplify.
  • I always had different voltages with 6s in series. If the total was 12.6v, that might be 6.2 plus 6.4.

    You get more like 6.0 plus 6.6?

    I would give the pair a deep cycle to say 50% SOC and then a recharge and see what the SGs are after that. Maybe now a difference will appear, or maybe the voltages will even up some. Hard to tell now with all the SGs looking good if anything is wrong.

    They might just need a bit of exercise. Battery specs recommend doing that every so often if they are on a float for a long time.
  • Hooked up constantly bothers me. I keep my batteries on a light duty solar system with a controller. Three years isn’t exceptional.

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