Quick review on: Flow-Rite RV2000 Pro-Fill RV Edition
Quick disclaimer: I have no association with this company. Anyway I finally got my second set of 2X6V golf cart batteries installed in the basement of the camper. I have another set on the trailer tongue behind the propane tanks. This second set was going to be a problem watering since space was too tight to allow the usual black battery waterer doohickey room to operate. I've been looking at the watering systems available for batteries but until now didn't see a real justification for spending the money. Now I did.
Bought the Flow-Rite RV2000 Pro-Fill RV Edition Amazon and installed. The installation was a bit harder that the instructions make out. The manifold that inserts into the three fill ports has to be pushed down hard until you head a positive 'click'. Otherwise they will pop right out. I suggest starting with the center fill port and then doing the two outside ones.
You also have to buy their squeeze bulb water pump, tho I suppose you could rig up something. The combined price is about $80. Using that pump it makes watering the batteries quite quick and easy with no spillage. It worked so well that I ordered a second set of the other set of batteries. The ones on the trailer tongue were a PITA to get to and water but this made it painless. You only need one pump for multiple sets since you do not leave the pump connected after you are done. If your batteries are close enough you can daisy chain sets of batteries. But I would have had to drill a hole in the front of the RV and I didn't like that idea.
The only drawback is that you cannot visually check the water level in the batteries. You just pump, right out of a gallon bottle of distilled water, until the rubber bulb gets hard. Pulling these manifolds out would be a big hassle.
Trojan salso sells one of these systems but at much higher price.
Bought the Flow-Rite RV2000 Pro-Fill RV Edition Amazon and installed. The installation was a bit harder that the instructions make out. The manifold that inserts into the three fill ports has to be pushed down hard until you head a positive 'click'. Otherwise they will pop right out. I suggest starting with the center fill port and then doing the two outside ones.
You also have to buy their squeeze bulb water pump, tho I suppose you could rig up something. The combined price is about $80. Using that pump it makes watering the batteries quite quick and easy with no spillage. It worked so well that I ordered a second set of the other set of batteries. The ones on the trailer tongue were a PITA to get to and water but this made it painless. You only need one pump for multiple sets since you do not leave the pump connected after you are done. If your batteries are close enough you can daisy chain sets of batteries. But I would have had to drill a hole in the front of the RV and I didn't like that idea.
The only drawback is that you cannot visually check the water level in the batteries. You just pump, right out of a gallon bottle of distilled water, until the rubber bulb gets hard. Pulling these manifolds out would be a big hassle.
Trojan salso sells one of these systems but at much higher price.
