Battery Boilers

[Gregory OConnor]

Tom, Lowes sells a small portable automatic float smart charger for
$40.00. Its a Victory or Victor or Vector or something like that. I
was impressed with all it claims to do. When you are away this
thing may do the charge job for you.

GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomolandCa

WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "thomas_sorrentino"
wrote:
>
> Thank you for all the answers. I do plan on putting in an
> inverter/charger like Tom reccommended. I won't be able to get to
it
> until spring though. We're going to Fl. in Feb. and then leaving
the
> coach in Mrytle Beach and hopefully attending both rally's. So the
> coach won't be home until April.
> Frank I think you gave me pretty much what I was looking for.
> (storage mode; master switch off and no real loads: I used
> one "boiler" unit on a timer for 2 hours a day. Seemed to work fine.
> Thats what I'll start off with! Thanks Again
>
> Tom Sorrentino
> 1987PT38
> Bedford Hills, NY
>
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "fwernlein"
> wrote:
> >
> > I would echo the advice of Tom, in that at least you should
protect
> > your battery investment - perhaps by what I did, keep one of the
> > boilers as a spare/reserve (unplugged, but set up) and replace
the
> > other with an fully automatic multi-stage charger. I used a
45amp
> > IOTA and it is plug in and forgetaboutit. You still of course
need
> > to check the water level about once a month. This simple "fix"
> will
> > save you a lot of worry and effort at a very reasonable cost.
> >
> > But, to answer your specific "how long to charge" question: It
> > depends on what you are taking out of the batteries. There can
be
> > no set answer, the variables are basically what you take out you
> > want to put back in...to get a full charge. If using a fully
> manual
> > system as you now have, you will have to experiment to find out
> > your "charge time" per day, based on your individual battery
drain
> > factors and set the timer accordingly.
> >
> > 1: In my OEM system, if just in storage mode; master switch off
and
> > no real loads: I used one "boiler" unit on a timer for 2 hours a
> > day. Seemed to work fine.
> > 2: when "living/camping" with lights, fan, pump...I found that
one
> > charger on all the time worked fine; if you see your voltage
> > dropping and not recovering, plug the second one in to top off.
> >
> > Frank
> > 85FC33
> > Woodbridge, VA.
> >
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "thomas_sorrentino"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I just installed all new batteries and cables. I still have the
> > old
> > > battery boilers and probably will have them at least until the
> > spring.
> > > In the mean time I keep the coach plugged in to 30 amps. My
> > thought is
> > > to keep the battery chargers plugged into a timer. Does any
body
> > have
> > > any experience as to how long to keep them on per day? One or
two
> > > chargers? The goal is to keep the batteries topped off without
> > boiling
> > > them out!
> > >
> > > Tom Sorrentino
> > > 1987 PT38
> > > Bedford Hills, NY
> > >
> >
>