What is Eating Those Batteries?
I went to Quartzite yesterday to visit an old friend who is dry-camping on BLM land and has been having some electrical problems with his travel trailer, a 2001 KZ model. The problem is that even wit...
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smkettner wrote:
Any chance he has measured voltage while charging?
How many amps is the charger rated? How many hours does it run?
Possibly the batteries were sitting on the shelf longer than expected before install. If the portable charger has a reconditioning or equalization setting use them both.
I purchased a pair of batteries one time where I felt I may have been duped. 2 6v GC batts, I paired them up to charge before install. Date code stickers were 1 mo fresh, same code. After charging, I used a flashlight to check water level. It was then that I noticed the paper/felt used between the plates were very diffrent looking. On one batt they looked new, crisp sharp lines. The other battery the fibers were starting to seperate and just looked like they had been sitting in acid for a year or two.
I've been buying agm lately, but after that incident, I told myself next time I buy a flooded I'm taking a flashlight with me and looking inside before purchase. Would be very easy to swap date code stickers.
