Left battery out all winter in Michigan....
Greetings everyone! Forgive the noob post (and I apologize if this is in the wrong place or has been discussed before), but I am new to the RV world and just bought our first travel trailer last su...
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BFL13 wrote:
IMO the 6300 would do you no harm in winter at its 13.8v, which is still below ideal voltage for those temps. ( 13.8v is for 50F. Higher temps than that you need lower voltage; lower temps higher voltage )
So you would not "boil" the batteries but you would still need to destratify.
Some converters (not the 6300 or 7300) give a shot of 14.4v every so often to try to keep the batts from stratifying when on a Float at 13.2v (proper float voltage for 80F)
IMO dubious if that does much good when it is cold out, but haven't been there, done that, so can't say for sure.
So whatever converter you have, you should still use an hydrometer and see what the SG is. Then you may need to destratify as indicated.
Thanks. So... (and pardon my naïveté).. but is SG = specific gravity? I'm not familiar with battery maintenance like this. I have no idea what destratify means, nor what SG is in relation. Where would I find a hydrometer for something like this and a guide on.. well - a guide on what you're talking about? :)
