House Batteries

[Pete Masterson]

Previous owner of my coach installed Deka AGMs (6 house model 4D, 3
engine (smaller) batteries). I still have the engine batteries --
they seem to be ok, but the house batteries were replaced since the
Link 2000 R controller had been 'reset' sometime during the 6 months
the coach sat in dealer's lots between the previous owner and myself.
The batteries were being overcharged during that time and for several
months after -- until I figured out what was going wrong. The
overcharging seriously shorted the life of the batteries.

I replaced my 6 house batteries with Fullriver 8A4D AGM, 216 AH -- at
about $500 each. (These are big batteries -- about 150 lbs. each.)
The one problem presented by the Fullriver batteries was that they
were about 1/2 inch wider than the Dekas ... and I ended up having
to modify the battery trays and mounting system to accommodate them.

I would have gotten Deka batteries as a replacement, but I was unable
to locate them in this area.

What model Deka batteries are used in your coach? At $151, they sound
like they're much smaller than the class 4D used in my coach.

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
El Sobrante CA
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On Sep 23, 2007, at 10:32 PM, mbrund wrote:

> Well it's about that time to replace batteries. The RV has been over
> at the body shop waiting on parts from Blue Bird (seems they can't get
> parts shipped out of Blue Bird these days since the change over. Been
> waiting 4 weeks for a dang bumper that has been sitting on their
> shelf). In the mean time, since the body shop does not have a 50 AMP
> plug, my house batteries went to 0 volts. Well they where on their
> last leg anyway!
>
> So going to replace all 8 GEL CELLS with 8 new AGM batteries. I got a
> qoute for 8 new DEKA AGM @ $151 each plus taxes. Anyone have any
> good/bad experience with DEKA?
>
> I believe the ones I have now are MK (all though they have no name on
> them they look just like the MK with the same handle design).
>
> Michael Brundridge
> 1992 WB40
> Georgetown, TX
>



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