Coach-man wrote:
d-mac1 wrote:
Appreciate everyone's help. We belong to sams so thats where I went first. Was gonna go check on price of trojans but there was a big road. construction jam up so I opted out.
Does anyone know if I can use a Battery Tender (thats the brand) to keep em topped up or do I need to use a regular charger set to 6 volts? Also, I'll check the water level, but wonder if I shouldn't charge them before my trip? I've got 2 days.
Thanks again.
I had a similar setup using the Battery Tender in my class A, worked great no problems, still working well when I traded it!
I thought my Battery Tender was adequate until my most recent trip. I used it to keep my two 12v batteries in good shape, or so I thought. I went to turn on the furnace when we got a cold blast recently and not enough juice to fire it up. I thought I had a furnace problem. I learned otherwise via this forum. Even after a week of use and charging via generator each day in addition to 2 solid days of towing it wouldn't hold a 'full' charge for more than a day.
I may be to blame as one of the batteries was low in electrolyte, but I couldn't see the top of the plates when I refilled it with distilled water. I now know to check fluid level regularly, so I'm gonna go check a couple other batteries that I've been neglecting.
I think I'm going to read the Battery Tender's website to see what they say as far as what types of batteries their tenders are designed for. It would take days to charge my 12v...and probably never fully charged em.
