Deep cycle battery

[Fossilhog]

Of the 2 I have, one seems to go thru water every 2 weeks and the other rarely needs any. Time to replace?

[Fossilhog]

Of the 2 I have, one seems to go thru water every 2 weeks and the other rarely needs any. Time to replace?

[Jim]

after about 2+ years i noticed my power converter fan running often, indicating an overheating condition..i checked and found one battery very low on water and the other normal..i filled the low battery and in about 2 weeks the condition repeated..at this time the one battery was hot from constant charging..i unhooked the bad battery and ran on the good one for 3 more years..when it finally went i replaced it with one similar walmart battery..since i rarely camp without shore power one battery is sufficient..i check the water every month and have had to add a little about every 3 months..jim

[Izzyblueye]

FOSSILHOG: After 5 years of use, I started having the very same problem. Took the one batt out and had a load test put on it. Sure enough there was a shorted cell. Replace both and every thing good to go again. Check your battery and I think you will find your problem.

[Thudman]

After the third set of (2) house batts, I gave up on the standard Parallax (Magnatek) converter. The fan was always running and I was forever adding water. I put in a Progressive Dynamics PD9245C converter, with a Remote Pendant that annunciates (green lite) what it's doing (Bulk, Normal or Float charge).

Have not added water since it was installed (w/two new 6V Exide house batts) in Jan 07. If I had it to do over again, I'd go back to two 12V deep cycle batts, because only two 6 Volters don't have enough poop. I do very little dry camping.

An additional note: when/if I get another rig, ALL (ALL) batts will be replaced w/new ones, as I watch the installation. A condition of sale!

Thudman