Fleetwood revolution coach batteries

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Tell your guy to replace with agm batteries.

Read an on-line "battery basics" treatise.

Thanks guys. I appreciate you so much. We did use a mechanics mirror and a baby nasal sirnge with a piece of tubing attached. Never underestimate the power of a woman. it worked well. BTW, I did use distilled water. THANKS!

If you are keeping the coach, add Pro-Fill watering system.

You connect a hand pump once every few months and stick the hose into a gallon jug and pump until they are full.

Auto shut off when full.

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Big Katuna, Yes, we are keeping the coach. I love it. I will certainly check out the Pro-Fill watering system. Today, when I was trying to add water, my daughter was here and helped me. Those batteries in the back are a lonnnnnnng reach. Thanks!

Clean and lubricate the slides on the battery tray so you can move the slide out. Remove the shroud and properly service the batteries. If your guy hasn't looked at them for a year, the terminals are likely covered with corrosion and need to be cleaned with a baking soda solution, burnished with a battery terminal wire brush and reconnected covered with di-electric grease. While you have the batteries disconnected, fill them with distilled water and check the voltage and specific gravity.

Or you can do what most others do and just buy new batteries every 2 years.

Your choice.

IF you had to add MORE than 1 pint of water per battery, the batteries are BAD. The plates have partially sulfated from the plates NOT immersed in acid. While you can ADD water and still use the RV, I would NOT trust those batteries. Doug

ro_sie wrote:
We have a 2008 Fleetwood revolution. I asked my guy about adding water to the coach batteries and discovered, after owning for a year, that he had never added any. Upon looking, I find that those batteries are covered by a "shroud" and are located on what appears to be a tray that should slide out. But, it doesn't. and the shroud is pretty low. You can get your arm in to pry up the covers, but you cannot see into the cells. Does any one have any knowledge of this? I need answers before my guy decides I am more trouble than I am worth :)

I believe it you'll look into it, your coach came with AGM sealed batteries from the factory and would recommend going with an OEM replacement type, as I did, immediately after purchasing our coach last year. Expensive, I know, but worth it and especially if your batteries are located in the same compartment as your inverter/converter and other electrical equipment. I really didn't much care if it was vented and had a rubber seal around the area, as putting wet cell batteries and electrical equipment in the same compartment is a no no in my book.
If you insist on using wet cell batteries, look into a watering system, which is a series of tubes and allows one to fill all the batteries at once from a single tube. Still a PITA, IMO.

The shroud has screws in each corner at the front; if you remove them, you will be able to push the front edge up pretty far, enabling you to see the tops of the batteries and facilitate changing them at some point. Mine has sprayed in foam at the back but it just moves slightly out of the way. Then use a bungee cord to hold it up.
I too, do highly recommend a watering system.