Batteries -- what is reasonable?

[Pete Masterson]

Hot water is from the AquaHot system. I think (hope) that the 1500W
electric component that heats water for "immediate/light" demand
doesn't work when I'm on inverter power. We didn't use any hot water
while the generator was off, in any event. (The more common situation
for inverter use is when we're on the road ... then the AquaHot picks
up heat from the primary engine cooling system.)

My inverter controller has a 'Equalizer' routine ... I ran it 3 or 4
months back, but it didn't have much effect. My best guess is that
the current batteries are sulfated and probably beyond help.

Pete Masterson
aeonix1@...
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42'
El Sobrante, CA




On Feb 26, 2007, at 6:50 PM, Gregory OConnor wrote:

> Pete, Are you maintaining hotwater with the inverter? I schedule
> daily gen/run/battery charge time for periods of high use and prior
> to a need for hotwater. My chargers ( Yellow?? not OEM) have
> an "Equalizer" routine that is manualy prompted. The first time I
> completed the routine my batteries went to 14Volts and all the cells
> were truly even.
> Gregory O'Connor
> 94PTRomolandCa --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete
> Masterson wrote:



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