Battery Boilers

[Chuck Wheeler]

For what it's worth, I turn off the dc and the charger, and let the
batteries "rest". With no load you don't need to charge them more that once
a month. I leave the coach plugged in do the frost heaters will work. Our
coach rarely sits more than a month without going someplace.

- Chuck Wheeler -
82 FC 31 SB
Fort Worth, TX


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From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of thomas_sorrentino
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:43 PM
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Battery Boilers



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
> >
>






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