Lead Acid Battery - 2 Cells No Float
So I picked up a new (to me) rig from family last weekend. It had been sitting at the BIL's place for several years. He started it occasionally, but never kept it plugged in. 2 of the 3 group 29,...
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BFL13 wrote:
It doesn't matter if you get the duff battery up in SG and voltage so it looks good, if it collapses under load. IMO test for that with just that battery.
I didn't know the 1093 would do E from any amps setting like that. It says to put it on 4amps and Wet batt type. On marine/rv I use 4 amps for the first part anyway, per Mex's instructions. When I did fast charging they would be still in the red, but not with 4 amps. 6s you can do the fast charging and a couple Es. Much less hassle.
I had the 1093 doing the 4 amp E on one full pair of 6s and my adj voltage converter on the other pair of 6s and the converter was doing about the same 4ish amps based on battery acceptance rate only not the current limit of the converter and then tapering just like the 1093, so the 4 amp setting for E makes sense.
Camping in the MH on the beach? Do we get to see a youtube of it being stuck while the tide comes in like happened with some other guys down there? :)
Haven't seen that one, but NO!!!
Anyone videos me in that position will have to swim to find their phone!
Yeah, I'm not sure I said I would park the rig in the sand. Just go TO the beach... from the safe campsite NEAR the beach.
Well that didn't take long.
Not long after I connected the coach to the offender on its own, I noticed I couldn't hear the fans running. Checked the voltage...
Mid 7s
So I have it back on the 1093. After the soft E is done, I want to see what The Beast can do to the electrolyte in 3 hours or so. I should be able to tell right away if the low SG cells are fizzing because The Beast will take a battery that reads "full" to 16+ in seconds.
I priced T-1275s in my area. $275 each. $250 for the Crown version.
Going to have to mull that over a bit. Guys like us who know how to care for batteries can get a lot of life out of crappy 29s. And with The Beast at my disposal... no tipping necessary. Let the bubbles do the work.
Meanwhile, I need to take inventory and order some LED lightbulbs, STAT!!!
