Itasca Spirit Batteries losing charge
My 2000 Winnie Itasca Spirit's house batteries won't hold a charge longer than a few days. The batteries are only 2-3 years old. They will accept a charge OK overnight and when I run the engine for a ...
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Gonzo42 wrote:
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The last one in this list (DCM0100L) is the 12 volt true deep cycle battery model that we have two of (for a total of 200 amp hours) in our Class C RV - they're of course hooked up in parallel and they'll both be 8 years old come this fall:
http://www.interstatebatteries.com/content/product_info/wheelchair_spec.asp
Here's the .pdf for the DCM0100L model opened up for you. Note from this detailed spec that the recommended float voltage for this model is exactly what most stock single voltage RV converters put out. We switched to these batteries years ago instead of changing out our perfectly good Parallax converter:
http://www.interstatebatteries.com/content/product_info/specs/MKT0030-01_DCM0100L_09_CLS.pdf
