Battery Maintenance
We recently bought our first coach and need advice on maintaining the batteries. Before I ask my questions, here is some history on the coach. When we fist bought it, the chassis batteries weren't...
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The Freedom series of Xantrex inverter do not have a true "float" charging capability. It will boil water out of the batteries and they must be refilled at least monthly. If you're charging the chassis battery with the inverter, I'd watch it too. I connected a small BatteryMinder true float charger to my chassis battery and it never needs water. My 4 coach 6v golf cart batteries take about 1/2 gallon of water every month. There are newer inverters available with true float capabilities. A true float type charger will completely stop charging when the battery is completely charged and wait till it needs a boost before turning back on. Ordinary battery chargers may have 3 stages but they never completely quit charging and boil the water out of the batteries they're attached to.
