Trailer Battery Charger - Overcharging?
I just purchased two new 6 volt golf cart batteries for my trailer. Is it possible that while towing the trailer, the battery be over charged and boil off? I've always left my batteries contacted whil...
Forum Discussion
Hot seat long-haul big rigs use lower alternator voltage regulator settings to minimize battery water loss.
Some tractors see their longest shut-down time to do a maintenance turn-around - chassis lube, oil change and wash job. Otherwise one driving team slides down and another climbs up. This is pretty much the most severe over the road alternator charging usage in the book. Even then, regulators are set for 13.8 volts. Short haul trucks like port container shuttling have voltage set to 14.0 - 14.1
This should give you some solid perspective about "the extremes".
The uneducated magazine keyboard tappers who create reality in exchange for a paycheck can be pathetic. There is a lot of hype these days over "Fake News". For certain, Fake News is not limited to "politics".
If there is anything to be said concerning unhooking from a power pedestal then driving 6 hours, it is most likely correct to say any added ampere hours would be doing an RV battery bank a favor. This can easily be verified with a hydrometer.
CAVEAT: ultra hot weather in excess of a hundred degrees F would negate any benefit from any addition of ampere hours. But many new ECU controlled alternator voltage regulators are more-or-less temperature compensated.
On a boiling hot day during a long drive, ponder the ramifications on your under hood engine starting battery. That is the "poor slob" in the battery group.
Some tractors see their longest shut-down time to do a maintenance turn-around - chassis lube, oil change and wash job. Otherwise one driving team slides down and another climbs up. This is pretty much the most severe over the road alternator charging usage in the book. Even then, regulators are set for 13.8 volts. Short haul trucks like port container shuttling have voltage set to 14.0 - 14.1
This should give you some solid perspective about "the extremes".
The uneducated magazine keyboard tappers who create reality in exchange for a paycheck can be pathetic. There is a lot of hype these days over "Fake News". For certain, Fake News is not limited to "politics".
If there is anything to be said concerning unhooking from a power pedestal then driving 6 hours, it is most likely correct to say any added ampere hours would be doing an RV battery bank a favor. This can easily be verified with a hydrometer.
CAVEAT: ultra hot weather in excess of a hundred degrees F would negate any benefit from any addition of ampere hours. But many new ECU controlled alternator voltage regulators are more-or-less temperature compensated.
On a boiling hot day during a long drive, ponder the ramifications on your under hood engine starting battery. That is the "poor slob" in the battery group.
