bigtexan99
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I recently bought a 1999 Jayco Designer 5th wheel. It has 2 batteries wired together with a fuse iin the storage tray.
While checking the trailer out, battery A (manf. Jan06) was fine on fluid level, battery B (manf Mar05) was low on almost all cells. I topped it off with distilled water.
Two days later I checked the fluids again and battery A is still fine, Battery B was low again. Added about 3/4 gallon distilled water to the cells. Went to check after a couple of hours, and can hear the water boiling inside.
Battery A is slightly warm to the touch. Battery B is much warmer, almost hot.
Any ideas what is going on? A neighbor has a 2000 Jayco and his battery is not even warm to the touch.
My Power source is a 55 amp from Todd Engineering sales. It has a hi/lo switch and its currently set to the LOW setting. It also had 2 leds, and the green one is currently lit, which says all is fine.
Should I disconnect battery B from the system and run on one for now? I'm hooked to shore power so don't need the battery right now.
Also, if I pull the fuse at the battery, will that stop the batteries from being charged?
Thanks!
While checking the trailer out, battery A (manf. Jan06) was fine on fluid level, battery B (manf Mar05) was low on almost all cells. I topped it off with distilled water.
Two days later I checked the fluids again and battery A is still fine, Battery B was low again. Added about 3/4 gallon distilled water to the cells. Went to check after a couple of hours, and can hear the water boiling inside.
Battery A is slightly warm to the touch. Battery B is much warmer, almost hot.
Any ideas what is going on? A neighbor has a 2000 Jayco and his battery is not even warm to the touch.
My Power source is a 55 amp from Todd Engineering sales. It has a hi/lo switch and its currently set to the LOW setting. It also had 2 leds, and the green one is currently lit, which says all is fine.
Should I disconnect battery B from the system and run on one for now? I'm hooked to shore power so don't need the battery right now.
Also, if I pull the fuse at the battery, will that stop the batteries from being charged?
Thanks!