As I was servicing my Old Reliable Onan doing some scheduled oil and
filters changing, I noticed a bit of corrosion on the battery cables that
connect my two Trojan T-105 house batteries. So, I got my CSI focus beam
inspection light and took a better look into the compartment. Not liking
what I discovered, I pulled those huge 6 volt wet cell batteries out of the
compartment. They didn't seem to be that heavy when I put them in there in
2014. I checked my maintenance log to be sure of the date. At the same
time, I also installed a 50 Amp automatic transfer switch, and a PD 60 Amp
smart charger.
So, my point is this. All that automatic stuff is so reliable, that we
are lured into complacency, and tend to ignore stuff when it works well.
In almost 5 years, I had not pulled those batteries out and cleaned up the
corrosion on the posts and cables, OR checked the water level in the cells.
Between the two batteries, it took nearly 1/3 of a gallon of distilled
water to top them off.
The second point is this. Those big, heavy, TALL Trojan batteries have
an enormous electrolyte reserve capacity above the top of those cell
plates. That feature saved my bacon this time. The cells were still covered
in five years of use with the coach plugged in constantly and that smart
charger doing its job. That is the essential difference between those cheap
Walmart "golf cart" batteries, and those massive, expensive Trojans.
Reliability and redundancy comes with a price tag. I for one don't mind the
extra cost if it equates to benefits like I just described.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
On Mon, Oct 7, 2019, 6:05 AM Justin Brady via Gmclist <
> Yep Sam's Club has duracell brand batteries that I like.
> We run 4 6V golf cart batteries.
>
> The "golf cart" batteries are true deep cycle batteries where the
> "rv/boat" batteries are just a hybrid battery that can't handle the depth of
> discharge as well.
> We try to keep ours above 50% SOC all the time.
> --
> Justin Brady
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