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[Jon]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ralph L. Fullenwider"
wrote:
>
> To begin with, it would be helpful to know what Coach you have, FC?PT?
year
> and so forth. Do you still have the old boilers
installed?
> Batteries are like filters and should be changed as sets for optimum
use.
> When batts are tied together, the bank is only as good as the weakest
one.
> In fact, 2 new batts, 2 old, one of the old batts has a single bad
cell.
> The new bats will go to the level of the batt with the bad cell and in
the
> long run be hurt because of it.
>
> These are deep cycle units and the plates inside, over time, will only
take
> so many discharge/charge cycles until the material holding the charge
> deplete and fall from the plate to a space in the bottom
of the
> batt for that purpose. When this space fills, the lead sulphate will
touch
> and short, internally, the battery and die.
>
> Remember the old batts will try to keep up with the new ones and
actually
> bring the new ones to the level of the old and the new ones will not
regain
> what has been lost.
>
> Gassing takes place when the battery is at full charge state and the
> charger does not sense to shut down and go to float voltage. And that
is
> what a smart charger like the Truecharge 40 does for you, it lengthens
the
> life of the batteries by being a 3 stage charger.
>
>
> Safe travels,
>
> Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
> 84FC35 "Ruff Diamond"
> Duncan, Oklahoma
>
> At 12:31 AM 3/11/2009 +0000, you wrote:
> >Got a real simple question and won't go into much detail.
> >
> >I'm going to replace two of my 6 volt batterys in the near future but
I
> >was wondering why this happens?
> >
> >About six months ago I replaced two of the four batterys with new
> >ones. The ones that I replaced would boil out in a few weeks and now
the
> >other two did the same thing. What makes a battery boil out of water
when
> >they reach a certain age. Anybody know????????
> >Oh yes the two that I replace are just fine.
> >
> >



Steve Anderson gave me a 60 amp true charger and I installed that but I
think it kind of on the dumm side as I don't think it will turn it self
oft. I tried doing that turn your charger oft thing and all it
accomplished after was a dead battey. But maybe the solution is just to
get to more batterys to match up those two I replace a few months ago
and this may make the true charger smart again. Jon
>