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mchero
Jan 13, 2016Explorer
Easy Almot, Did NOT put ANY falt on the Interstate batteries.
It could be age, they could have run flat SEVERAL times B4 I took ownership
Been doing a lot of reading/research on wet cell batteries.
Good reading
https://handybobsolar.wordpress.com/the-rv-battery-charging-puzzle-2/
Of interest;" Recently (spring 2007) Interstate had some problems and I still keep running into folks with bad Interstate batteries. I think they had a bad production run. One dealer I talked to about the problem tried to tell me that a hydrometer is not an accurate way to tell if an Interstate battery is fully charged and the new Interstates run at a lower voltage. Huh? "
2007 Discovery 39V with Interstate batteries? Hmmmm.
It could be age, they could have run flat SEVERAL times B4 I took ownership
Been doing a lot of reading/research on wet cell batteries.
Good reading
https://handybobsolar.wordpress.com/the-rv-battery-charging-puzzle-2/
Of interest;" Recently (spring 2007) Interstate had some problems and I still keep running into folks with bad Interstate batteries. I think they had a bad production run. One dealer I talked to about the problem tried to tell me that a hydrometer is not an accurate way to tell if an Interstate battery is fully charged and the new Interstates run at a lower voltage. Huh? "
2007 Discovery 39V with Interstate batteries? Hmmmm.
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