Exploded Batteries, please help and explain.

[orbitalsolutions]

Sounds like they were over charged to the point of no return!! I
suspect that you do not have a battery problem but a charging
problem instead.

This is common for your model 'Bird.


Do you still have the original battery boilers, I mean chargers that
came from Blue Bird? If so than replace them with Iota smart
chargers and you will solve the problem.

There has been much written here about this subject ...good luck.


-James
78FC33SB
LasVegas NV


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Adria Haynes"
<mrbeebody@...> wrote:
>
> Guys,
>
> (might wanna grab a coke. I tend to type alot.)
>
> I lurk here alot but almost never post. I've owned my 1980 35FC
BB
> for almost 2 years now and am still learning about the ole girl. I
> have a problem that I'm hoping you guys can help me with.
>
> When I got her, the batteries that were in it wouldn't hold a
charge
> for too long since it had been stored for a couple years with the
> fridge set to electric and killed them. I dealt with it for a
> while, but decided that I needed to just get new ones.
>
> I went to the Sam's club and talked to the battery guy about what
I
> needed and he sold me on getting (4) of the Exide "golf cart"
> batteries. They worked great last summer. About a month after
our
> vacation when I went to go start her up, it was dead and I found
> that "somebody" had left ONE little light on. I decided then that
> I'd just leave it plugged into shore power through the winter and
> leave the battery switch by the shifter set to OFF.
>
> I went out about 5-6 weeks ago, flicked on the battery switch, and
> she fired right up. I let her tun for about 30 minutes and all
was
> well. I went out Saturday to do the same, only when I hit the
key,
> the volts dropped to zero and it would barely even engage the
> starter selenoid.
>
> I checked the (4) NEW batteries for water and soon discovered
(while
> adding water) that all four batteries had split along the same
> vertical seam.
>
> I spoke to a different guy at the Sam's club about it yesterday
and
> he was a turd. He started telling me that you can't let 6V
> batteries get that cold (we live in Flint, MI), that I should know
> not to use a battery that says "golf cart" in a bus, and that I
> needed to convert it over to run 2 deep cycle 12 volt batteries
and
> blah blah blah. He pretty much was in "cover our butt" mode and I
> pretty much was having none of it - since I bought them on THEIR
> recomendation. Needless to say, I forsee myself dealing with
> somebody at the management level when I return these babies very
> soon.
>
> I didn't think there would be any problem with leaving it plugged
in
> since it was made for full timers who would do the same darn thing.
>
> Has anybody else ever experienced this?
>
> Can you explain what happened so that I can try not to repeat this
> little stunt with GOOD batteries?
>
> Got any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> John
>