24v batteries

[Will_holder67]

I just purchased my 1st motorhome.It is a 2015 coachman lepracaun 319DS. It has to 24v deep cycle batteries and they keep going dead. Being that my power converter is 12v should I have 12V batteries in there

[ron_dittmer]

To the original poster.

If you have two batteries today, you should consider getting two 6 volt batteries and hook them up in series. They will perform much better than two 12 volt batteries hooked up in parallel. Your on-board charger and engine alternator will work well with two 6 volt batteries in series.

I never heard of a 24 volt system in a motor home. You have me wondering if you have two 12 volt batteries hooked up in series creating 24 volts which is a very very....very bad thing.

[time2roll]

I would rather have 27 or 29 volt myself. 24 is just too small. 😉

[maddog348]

We will never know 😮

[Dakzuki]

enblethen wrote:
They are most likely Group 24- 12 volt batteries.

I"m betting this is the answer^^^

[2oldman]

Obviously a newbie.

[enblethen]

Maybe the new person is thinking didn't respond because many would think he isn't too smart!
That is not the case in my mind!

[2oldman]

we may never know the answer to this.

[pianotuna]

Do you have a volt meter?

[DownTheAvenue]

I am quite sure you do not have 24 volt batteries. Tell us how many batteries you have and how many fill caps are on each battery.

[time2roll]

6 fill caps = 12 volts

[enblethen]

They are most likely Group 24- 12 volt batteries.

[2oldman]

Ok, before doing anything I think we need to know why those batteries are in there. The only think I can come up with is that you have a 24v inverter.

And, how did you end up with 24v batteries and no way to charge them?

[pauldub]

If it really has 24 volt batteries, they can't be much of anything but dead with a 12 volt converter. You need 12 volt batteries or a pair of 6 volt.