Couple of concerns I noticed over the weekend
I took my 1 yr old Dutchment 275BHS camping over the weekend, first time without any hookups, and a couple of issued came up... First of all my battery did not make it thru the weekend. I had plugge...
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bcarroll wrote:
I must admit that I do not know the proper way to maintain an RV battery. I'm learning as I go, and from posts like this with input with those that have that knowledge.
I do leave my battery on trailer. It did go dead over the winter a couple of times but plugged it in each time to recharge it.
I left it plugged in for about a month once and my worry was overcharging.
I was expecting the battery to be bad but it was tested and was informed it was good.
I did try to go to the web address: http://bart.ccis.com/home/mnemeth/12volt/12volt.htm but my virus blocker would not allow me to go there because of a virus threat.
My tt is always plugged in when not in use during the camping season.
Over the winter I remove my battery and keep it and the lawn tractor battery on a battery tender over the winter. I know some that keep their units plugged in with the batteries still attached with no issues. If you don't have the means of keeping it plugged in where you store it, get a shut off switch or disconnect it all together from the battery between trips.
But our winters up here can be brutal on batteries. I figured no sense exposing it to the elements of old man winter if I don't have to. Not sure if it does any good but it can't hurt.
You also might want to check on the water level of the battery periodically. If low, top of with distilled water only.
