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[Pete Masterson]

It's not the batteries -- it's the battery chargers. Get rid of the old battery boilers and get a modern, 3-stage charger. Iota makes a nice one. The inverters now all have them, too (if you need a new inverter).

With flooded batteries, you need to check the water level frequently (every 2 weeks to 4 weeks) -- you can get automatic waterers (Steve Birtles has 'em I think) that will keep the water filled up (you've got to keep the reservoir full). The "battery boiler" chargers should be on a timer, let 'em run about 2 hours per day when in storage.

Pete Masterson

'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42 (For Sale)

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El Sobrante CA

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On Mar 10, 2009, at 5:31 PM, Jon 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.