Check your batteries
It's a good time of the year to check out your batteries for good,clean connections that haven't loosened and the electrolyte level in flooded acid batteries. Also, replacing small cell batteries in b...
Forum Discussion
westend wrote:
I have solar charging them daily. The solar is a great helper but it results in faster electrolyte loss than typical use with occasional charging.
Sounds like the solar controller is chargin at too high of a voltage. Higher voltages is what results in gassing of batteries. Float voltage should be around 13.5 or so once the batteries are fully charged. If they are continually held at 14+ volts, gassing occurs.
In my RV it was very difficult to check the water level in the batteries. I killed them due to lack of maintenance. About 2014 or 2015 I switched to AGMs.
My Upgrade to AGM Batteries
