How can you tell the charge of an RV battery?

Determining the true state of charge of an RV battery is difficult without a monitor. An RV battery monitor can tell you exactly where you stand, measuring the energy that’s flowing into and out of your battery as well as its state of charge or discharge. There are many different kinds of RV battery monitors on the market]

When to recharge batteries to avoid sulfation?

Allowing your batteries to get too low in charge can also increase sulfation. When your batteries fall below 80%, or 12.4 volts, sulfation can begin. Thus, always recharge your batteries in a timely manner after using them. Try to recharge your batteries often.

What happens when you put two RV batteries together?

This increases voltage or amps when you need more power. Joining RV batteries in series allows you to keep the same amperage but adds extra voltage. For example, joining two 6-volt RV batteries in series gives you a total of 12 volts, but the amps remain unchanged.

Where did the batteries for the coach come from?

Of course, it was too late to save our original coach batteries, so on our way south to the Annual Rally just before Labor Day 2005, we stopped in at the Interstate Battery dealer in Portland and “ponyed up” for four new house batteries.

What makes a coach battery distort so much?

They are stamped out of sheet metal, and as such they distort easily. When Chinook built our coach, they loosened the setscrew on the positive cable clamp and inserted a secondary lead that goes to the Battery Isolator (the “Smart Switch”). In tightening the clamp when they reinstalled it, it distorted and failed to make a solid connection.

Why does my RV battery not hold juice?

We received a question from an RV Repair Club member asking why their RV battery wasn’t holding any juice after a full charging cycle. While the problem of an RV battery not charging typically stems back to one common issue, there are a handful of other possibilities.

What are the battery terminals on a Ford coach?

The clamps on the chassis battery terminals in our coach are Ford OEM clamps. They are stamped out of sheet metal, and as such they distort easily. When Chinook built our coach, they loosened the setscrew on the positive cable clamp and inserted a secondary lead that goes to the Battery Isolator (the “Smart Switch”).