DYNOBOB
Senior Member
Our new (to us) 2010 Hawk has I'm assuming the original Deka AGM 79ah @ 20hr battery. I don't know how well it was cared for (kept charged) in the past, I do know the PO hadn't used camper in 2yrs.
- Is this considered a deep cycle battery?
- Is there a typical life expectancy on these?
- I unscrewed a couple of the caps and it looks pretty dry in there, does anyone add a little electrolyte/water to theirs? I know some of the gas escapes when opened up, but I also know boiled dry batteries are dead ducks...
- One cap vent is bubbling/releasing a small spray just around the vent, the rest of the vents are dry.
- The fridge ran on house battery for a couple hours Sunday and it pulled the battery down to ~11v (one led lit on the panel). Does that seem normal or should I be shopping for a battery?
- The battery was not charged last night and is still at 12.8v today.
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- Is this considered a deep cycle battery?
- Is there a typical life expectancy on these?
- I unscrewed a couple of the caps and it looks pretty dry in there, does anyone add a little electrolyte/water to theirs? I know some of the gas escapes when opened up, but I also know boiled dry batteries are dead ducks...
- One cap vent is bubbling/releasing a small spray just around the vent, the rest of the vents are dry.
- The fridge ran on house battery for a couple hours Sunday and it pulled the battery down to ~11v (one led lit on the panel). Does that seem normal or should I be shopping for a battery?
- The battery was not charged last night and is still at 12.8v today.
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