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Old 02-24-2021, 03:48 PM   #1
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Default Camper Battery

Can it be Saved?
Got a bit of a Double Whammy. Full Discharge and Freezing temps.
The camper being bought brand new in September, I am not 100% familiar with all the features. Have had "Pop Up Campers in the past" but nothing like this. When I closed her up for the season, I must have left the fridge running off of the Battery a week later I went to tow it back to the dealer for some warranty work and winterizing and the Battery was stone dead.
dropped it off at the dealer, wrote down all the little things that needed attention and mentioned the battery being dead and asked them to give her a charge.
Picked it up today and the battery is still stone dead. So either I ruined it by letting it get that dead or they never charged it at all.
So it sat for the past 4 months dead and in freezing temps.
I stored the camper at my Fire House for the next couple weeks waiting for snow to melt so I can bring it back to camp site.
Brought battery itself home to try and get her well.
It is Interstate Marine 24M-RD, I hooked up my 12V Heavy Duty car charger that has the High/Start Mode I am gonna let it charge there for an hour then back it down to the medium setting for another hour, then low overnight.
I will then let it rest and charge again on medium and then low. and then test it with my Draw Tester.
Hope she can be saved, If not I will be buying two batteries to replace the one and the solar charge station, we don't do much off grid stuff but its nice to have the fridge going while on the road.
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Old 02-24-2021, 04:05 PM   #2
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Stupid me, It is Dated 10-2020...
I can get it replaced under warranty if it is dead.
The wife came through with the brain....
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Old 02-24-2021, 04:25 PM   #3
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Replace it

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Old 02-24-2021, 05:08 PM   #4
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If it wasn't fully charged when it was sitting in freezing temps. It is no good now. As said replace it
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Old 02-25-2021, 02:10 PM   #5
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Might be overkill, but I take my battery out of mine during winter storage and keep it in the shop.
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Old 02-25-2021, 02:19 PM   #6
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Mine lasts for years doing that.
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Old 02-25-2021, 02:30 PM   #7
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Might be overkill, but I take my battery out of mine during winter storage and keep it in the shop.
I agree and do this with my bike batteries.
This one was just a complete screw up on my part, I did not mean to drain it, I asked them to charge it, and I didn't expect them to have my trailer for 4 months....
I did charge yesterday and again today and it looks to be holding strong and testing good with the load tester. Like i said we don't use it enough to be worried about it. Just pisses me off to know I potentially took some longevity away from it by not being more mindful.
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Old 02-26-2021, 10:06 AM   #8
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The propane detector will kill the battery when the camper isn't plugged in...
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Old 03-13-2021, 11:03 PM   #9
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HAHA....
My battery is fine, It was never dead.
Moved my trailer back to the camp site today and figured out that the switch on the Power Jack is wonky. So I was assuming the worst when it is something very simple.
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