Mr.Mark wrote: Have never done it. Our 8 house batteries are 5 yrs. old, wet cell and seem ok so far. I wouldn't know how to do it anyway. When mine start not holding a charge, I'll get new ones.
MM.
Interesting! I have a theory that simply traveling will agitate the batteries sufficiently to keep the electrolyte equalized.
Mr.Mark wrote: Have never done it. Our 8 house batteries are 5 yrs. old, wet cell and seem ok so far. I wouldn't know how to do it anyway. When mine start not holding a charge, I'll get new ones.
MM.
Interesting! I have a theory that simply traveling will agitate the batteries sufficiently to keep the electrolyte equalized.
HTH;
John
If your theory is correct, then we should be OK. We have almost 52,000 miles and I drive the coach monthly giggling the batteries. LOL!
I'm going to see what my manual says about equalization. I clicked on the link you posted about equalization, read it, and I hate to mess with batteries besides just filling with distilled water.
Last fall, our neighbor in Bar Harbor, ME, was messing with his batteries on his 'new to him' late model Tiffin Phaeton when he first purchased it. One of the batteries exploded and the acid ate through his shirt but didn't get in his eyes. His neighbor heard an explosion, came over and doused him with water so he didn't get burnt.
Honestly, I'm very leery working around batteries.
MM.
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full_mosey wrote: I have a theory that simply traveling will agitate the batteries sufficiently to keep the electrolyte equalized.
It might, but ....
From Trojan Website:" Equalizing also helps to remove sulfate crystals that might have built up on the plates. If left unchecked, this condition, called sulfation, will reduce the overall capacity of the battery."
dons2346 wrote: My Lifeline 8D AGMs are going on 9 years old and I have never equalized them.
Nor should you! In the context of this topic, equalization means to deliberately charge at a voltage that would cause wet/flooded battery cells to hiss, fizz, bubble and sizzle. That is DEATH for your AGMs.
full_mosey wrote: I have a theory that simply traveling will agitate the batteries sufficiently to keep the electrolyte equalized.
It might, but ....
From Trojan Website:" Equalizing also helps to remove sulfate crystals that might have built up on the plates. If left unchecked, this condition, called sulfation, will reduce the overall capacity of the battery."
I doubt it would do that..
I agree that simply driving will not address sulphation or balancing cell voltages. Regular charging will though.
The key word in the Trojan cited above is also. Heck, the cell voltages might be balanced as well, right? This high voltage stirring of the electrolyte topic is related to wet cells.
I don't believe that these higher wet cell de-stratification voltages are required to control sulphation or to balance cell voltages for wet or AGM.
full_mosey wrote: I don't believe that these higher wet cell de-stratification voltages are required to control sulphation or to balance cell voltages
Hard to say.. it's not as if you can visually inspect for it. If you're paying close attention you can notice a decrease in battery capacity.
Equalization is way more important for boondockers. Our batteries are almost always in a non-fully-charged state, and therefore susceptible to the above conditions.
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