Is Our RV Battery Dead? | How To Troubleshoot Your Battery!
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- čas přidán 4. 09. 2024
- In Luv Subbin Episode 280, we troubleshoot our faithful, yet crappy, RV Flooded Lead Acid Battery. To do that, we use our Victron Battery Monitor. We determine if it's still good or if it has finally died. At the end, we reveal what we decided to replace it with. Did we go with lead acid, AGM or lithium?
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Looking forward to next week’s video!
Thanks for watching! We hope to provide a lot of good information (and maybe a little entertainment) next week...
Wish there were easy to understand videos like this one about all kinds of those new-fangdangled systems in the new RV's! Seeing how to use the multimeter and the converter/charger trick was great. I learnt quite a bit today!
Thanks so much for watching and the super nice comment. We're always glad when someone finds our videos useful or entertaining. Thankfully, our RV is a 2002 so we have very few of those new-fangdangled things.
Great troubleshooting techniques and thank you for the information you passed along long to us today! The concrete tip was awesome! Safe travels
Thanks Cotton Tales! I feel good that my career can yield some benefit in retirement. I did have dreams about being back at the battery plant last night but that's a small price to pay...
@@LuvSubbin since I retired 6 years ago, I do not think I have ever dreamed about being back at work and I loved my job! Safe travels
Well! Wenlearned a trick or two! Thanks!
And... I had never heard of not putting a battery on a cement floor!
Thanks Denise! Yes, I am an absolute fountain of useless battery knowledge. You've heard of AA and AAA. But did you know there are also B, E, and F cells? Now you do.
Great video! Looking forward to next week's video! Long Live Lithium!
Thanks Mike! It has been 22 years of lead acid so I can finally say that I have crossed over to the dark side.
Awesome video as always! I went through a power converter failure before and the trickle charger saved our trip. Replaced with a future proof converter that will automatically switch between AGM and Lithium. Our AGM’s are ~6 years old too and I expect we will go lithium at the start of next camping season. Look forward to your next installment on converting to Lithium. 👍
Thanks for watching! Yes, we are much like you. When our converter dies three years ago we looked to the future and ensured it was "lithium capable".
Thank you so much for this!!!!! 🔋🔋 Also good to see you wearing your PPE. Safety third!
Thanks for watching and safety whenever! We hope our video was helpful and that you'll check out next week for the installation.
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Another great video....one of your best! Thanks....can't wait to hear about your lithium conversion. We love ours and have made great use of them!
Thanks so much for watching! The "How To" videos are never our favorites to make but we had fun with this one as it was happening as we filmed it. We really want to make the lithium one good...
Amazing RV battery story and tips
Thanks for watching and the super nice comment. Make sure to tune in next week as we convert our rig to lithium.
One of the first things I check is the battery water level. Also, a de-sulfating device can help restore the battery.
Thanks for watching! Good points - I always carry some distilled water with me to add as necessary. The de-sulfating is a good idea but I don't think my charger has one. Plus, at 5 1/2 years old it was about time...
Yeah! You went with lithium! Class is now in session and I am looking forward to learning from a battery engineer! See you at international!
Thanks for watching! Yes, we did go with lithium. Actually, we've been planning for this day since we replaced our converter 3 years ago. We made sure it could run both lead acid and lithium... We are also looking forward to Sedalia.
Betsy and I have been away and are catching up! We always enjoy your videos! I’m confused on a point. Your charger is labeled as only 1.25A which should take around 100 hours or about 4 days to fully charge a completely depleted battery. The fact that your charge cycle terminated after only a day is indicative of greatly reduced capacity and it doesn’t seem surprising it self-discharged so quickly. A great way of testing your battery is to carefully dip the DVM probes in each open cell and check the cell-to-cell voltage (rinse the probes well afterwards). I’ll bet you have one cell that has developed a plated short with very low voltage. You might be able to recover it with a desulfation cycle on a smart charger (unlikely, really) but lithium is definitely the best choice! Be sure to regulate the charging voltage through your 7-way (DC-DC charger) to avoid damaging your alternator, truck battery, or just blowing a fuse with the new lithium battery. Safe travels!
Thanks for watching! I would probably have done more in-depth exploration like you mentioned if it had not been 5 1/2 years old. Also, as you catch up on our videos you'll see that we did indeed have a problem with the charging and the truck. Your advice is spot on!
Nice video. Curious why you switched from lead acid to lithium. So until next week...
Thanks for watching! We'll have a full rundown next week. As a teaser: it's all about camping style. Since becoming "Most Timers" we are boondocking quite a bit more. Lithium only makes sense if you boondock. Thus the change...
Please stop the beeping!! Ugghh! That is great information about the concrete floor, Jim really appreciated it! It's dead. 😵 We will wait with baited breath until the next video..... Michelle
Thanks guys - sorry for the beeping. It was much worse in person... We hope next week will be fun and maybe, just maybe, a little educational.
Great video guys, but wouldn't have been a lot faster to test the battery by simply taking it to your local auto parts store and have them check it almost immediately as to whether it could hold a charge or not? I'm looking forward to watching your next video regarding the change over to lithium batteries as we have a 2005 Classic with two lead-acid batteries and want know if it is really worth it. Best regards....
Thanks for watching! It might have been easier but I actually enjoy doing all of my own maintenance and troubleshooting. Plus, I am leery of taking my 5 1/2 year old battery to a place that sells batteries... As I have been a proponent of lead acid for 22 years, we hope to provide some good content on the conversion.
BTW: we just had fries for lunch after watching your video on the “World’s Best” yesterday. We had to get that out of our system!
Awesome! That video is actually Cindy's favorite that we have ever made. We hope they were delicious.
I'd say you got a pretty good life out of that battery.
Thanks for watching! Yup - if you take care of your lead acid batteries you can get 5 - 6 years out of them even with heavy use.
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