Back to batterys

[Chuck Wheeler]

6 months is close enough in age that I don't think you will have a problem. Also on our older BB it is pretty easy to totally disconnect all batteries. I do not leave our batteries on charge when the BB is stored. I turn the charger on the day before I pick it up for a trip, or once a month if we do not use it for awhile. I have 7+ years on the current Trojans. If you have the original BB chargers they will ruin any battery if left on.

- Chuck Wheeler-

1982 FC 31SB Fort Worth TX

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Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 6:15 PM
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Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Back to batterys

--- In "WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com", "Chuck Wheeler" .> wrote:
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> As a battery ages the internal resistance increases. This resistance
> creates heat when there current flowing during charging or discharging and
> this heat boils the water out of the electrolyte. This is why you have
> charging problems and shorted life in a mixed set of batteries. You want
> all batteries in a set the same age and size.
>
> - Chuck Wheeler-
> 1982 FC 31SB Fort Worth TX
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> Well its to bad that I bought two new batterys six months ago and replaced the old ones. Now I'm going down to buy the second set for 100 dollars per battery. I went out today after yesterday filling up the bad batterys with water and today they were down below the plates. So oft to Budget Batterys to spend a little hard earned cash.
I hope that this difference in age will not affect the battery life of all of all four as I'm not a cash machine! Anyway got to do what a guy got to do!

Jon
1978 Wanderlodge
Bremerton Washington
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 7:32 PM
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> 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.
>