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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / November 2005Pop-up Camper Batter
What type of batter is recommended for pop-up campers? I have a Coleman Tacoma and my batter is dead (it will no longer hold a charge). The camper is only 2 years old but I have to replace it. Any recommendations? Should I go to the local RV shop to buy one or is there other/cheaper places to purchase the same? In general, to extend the life of my battery, what care should I take? Should I keep the camper plugged in when not in use? Should I make sure the battery is fully recharged after a trip? Or simply recharge before the next trip? Jerald > What type of batter is recommended for pop-up campers? My wife uses Bisquick, but some really good cooks make their batter from scratch. Ooops! You many batterY! Hehehehe! :) Just about any brand of RV/Deep Cycle battery will be OK, especially if you don't "dry" camp much or at all. (That's camping with NO electric hookup.) > Should I go to the local RV shop to buy one or is > there other/cheaper places to purchase the same? Just about ANYWHERE will be cheaper than an RV shop. Sam's Club is a good place. > In general, to extend the life of my battery, what care should I take? Make sure it is full of distilled water and fully charged. It should be physically disconnected if you'll not be using it for several weeks. http://www.uuhome.de/william.darden/ > Should I keep the camper plugged in when not in use? That depends on the camper's converter. If it's a cheap, "dumb" converter, it could OVERcharge the battery if left plugged-in too long. > Should I make sure the battery is fully recharged after a trip? Yes. :) JR > > What type of batter is recommended for pop-up campers? > > My wife uses Bisquick, but some really good cooks make their batter from > scratch. Wrong type of batter. I would suggest an all-around hitter. Home run sluggers may give you spectacular hits, but their average tends to be poor. Leave them for the 5th-wheels. In a pop-up, it's great if every batter just gets a base hit. Austin >In general, to extend the life of my battery, what care should I take? >Should I keep the camper plugged in when not in use? Should I make sure >the battery is fully recharged after a trip? Or simply recharge before >the next trip? After a trip I unhook the negative cable from the post and reconnect it when I take the trailer on the next trip. There may be a device (CO2 detector, smoke alarm, etc.) or 2 that drains the battery in between trips. Some popups charge the battery when hooked up to electricity. My popup didn't, but my trailer does. Check with the manufacturer to see if yours does or not. If it doesn't charge when plugged in, then I would get a trickle charger and put the battery on that a day or two before a trip. Mark Filice 2004 Homestead Settler 255RS 1999 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 Mark Filice a écrit: > take the trailer on the next trip. There may be a device (CO2 detector, smoke > alarm, etc.) or 2 that drains the battery in between trips. I have installed an on/off switch on my Propane detector to avoid having the battery drain by it. Just need to be carefull to switch it to On when back on the campground... but usually, wify takes care of this. Mel This topic has often been discussed here. You want a 'deep cycle' battery. It used to be that if it had a 'cranking capacity' such as a 'marine' battery, you should a avoid it. These days it appears that because ANY battery will have _some_ 'cranking capacity' you can hardly avoid it. Lead Acid batteries like to be kept at full charge. So: during the winter you should fully charge your battery at least once a month wherever it is stored and there should be no drain on it if there is no charger on it. Our Pop-up converter would not charge the battery at all. Our Caravan has a two stage charger but also has a propane detector and an audio systen with clock that will drain a battery. I am in the process of installing switches to disconnect these when the unit is not in use. Dale > What type of batter is recommended for pop-up campers? I have a Coleman > Tacoma and my batter is dead (it will no longer hold a charge). The [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Jerald > Our Caravan has a two stage charger but also has a propane > detector and an audio systen with clock that will drain a > battery. I am in the process of installing switches to > disconnect these when the unit is not in use. How about a single switch at the battery, rather than multiple switches at the devices? Or simply disconnect the wire?  SignatureChris Cowles Gainesville, FL '00 Coleman Mesa/'05 Durango Hemi > What type of batter is recommended for pop-up campers? I have a Coleman > Tacoma and my batter is dead (it will no longer hold a charge). The [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Jerald Deep cycle battery: Look at some of the web sites about batteries: http://www.batteryfaq.org |
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