Puzzled over battery boil over
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Apr-15-2014 09:40 AM
When I checked the level before leaving all was fine..everything checked out fine. What could have possibly been the cause???? Any ideas thoughts will be appreciated...
Battery as well as coach is 3 years old..12v
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Apr-16-2014 07:25 AM
That just happened to the battery in my wifes car. Battery started the car just fine but was boiling over due to a bad cell.
It was 9 years old.
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Apr-16-2014 06:06 AM
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Apr-16-2014 06:03 AM
Check charging voltage-- should be in the 13.0-13.2 range when warm ambient temperatures, up to 13.5 when cool.
If in that range, very high likelihood you have a bad cell-- the converter is putting out the proper voltage, BUT, that 13.XX volts is charging a 10 volt battery (one bad cell) not a 12 volt battery. Severe overcharging of remaining cells.
Ex: 2003 Alpine 38'FDDS
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Apr-16-2014 06:00 AM
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
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Apr-15-2014 10:33 AM
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Apr-15-2014 10:15 AM
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Apr-15-2014 10:05 AM
You need to check the output of the converter. And from my experience with 2 different RV mobile repair guys that both said my converter was ok. You have to leave the tester on 'after' it reaches the correct output. That's what the 3rd repair guy did and it skyrocketed off the charts. Which is why my battery was cooking.
When we took it out one capacitor looked like someone shot it with a 22.
Converter was still running but it affected 2 other things in my MH that no one thought to put two and two together to point to the converter. And like a three stooges movie every was 'convinced' the sulphur smell we got a whiff of every now and then was from a well I was parked next to. :S
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
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Apr-15-2014 09:57 AM
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Apr-15-2014 09:54 AM
overfilled battery
dead cell in battery
unregulated charging current
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