Dead batteries
winter stored RV for 6 months, no shore power, now batteries are dead, can I jump start with my car battery?, my Generator also not starting, thank you.
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Poppy,
As said, try to jump start it, but don't plan to idle the main engine long enough to recharge either the chassis or the house banks. Nothing good happens to an idling engine.
As soon as you can, start the APU (on board generator) and use that to charge the house bank. While that is happening, find out how to cross link the house to the main engine battery and use your existing converter/charger to charge that as well. Be ready, as dead as they may be, they may take a day to recover. They also may not recover. I have some dead AGMs in my shop right now that have not recovered. I have been trying for a while. It's a total **** shoot.
You will have to do the full diagnostic to know what you have to replace.
Matt
As said, try to jump start it, but don't plan to idle the main engine long enough to recharge either the chassis or the house banks. Nothing good happens to an idling engine.
As soon as you can, start the APU (on board generator) and use that to charge the house bank. While that is happening, find out how to cross link the house to the main engine battery and use your existing converter/charger to charge that as well. Be ready, as dead as they may be, they may take a day to recover. They also may not recover. I have some dead AGMs in my shop right now that have not recovered. I have been trying for a while. It's a total **** shoot.
You will have to do the full diagnostic to know what you have to replace.
Matt
