angelfish
New Jersey
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Have any of you clever folks rigged a slide to pull out the batteries on your coach. We have a 40 ft DP and it is difficult to check the back batteries. We do the mirror thing but it sure would be nice to just pull them out on a sliding tray. Any ideas?
Angelfish
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brobox
Sunny SW. Florida
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My batteries are on a sliding tray from the factory. It is nothing but two heavy duty drawer slides mounted with heavy sheet metal. If I were building my own I would use stainless steel instead of sheet metal for the batteries to sit on.
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Twomed
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Mine is on slide tray by Kwikee. I would bet with this market they will sell direct. 
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JUrban
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Putting in a slide is a final solution but it can be a pain to fabricate and make sure it continues to work. Have you considered a Flow-Rite system? I've had 2 and wouldn't be without it.
John
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CurtisG
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My golf cart uses a system like the flow-rite, except it has 6 batteries, sure makes it easy to keep levels correct. Seems to be a very good idea for MH batteries not on a slide.
Curt
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time_to_go_now
La Mirada, CA
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JUrban wrote:Putting in a slide is a final solution but it can be a pain to fabricate and make sure it continues to work. Have you considered a Flow-Rite system? I've had 2 and wouldn't be without it.
John
Yup. No sliding tray for me. Just a Flow Rite. In fact I have two as I just added two more golf cart batteries and it would have taken too much hose to connect the one Flow-Rite system together to the new batteries. So, I have two separate systems about four feet apart. Fill one, then move over and fill the other, then done.
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Fishinghat
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My coach came with a pull out tray. I've seen similar trays for sale at various parts suppliers, so you should be able to find a commercially made one at a reasonable cost. As brobox suggested, I wish they were made of plastic or something other than steel.
As for the flow-rite system, I check my batteries twice a year and they never take more than a half of a quart total for all four house batteries. If yours takes more water, then your charging system may be overcharging your batteries or the batteries may need replacement. JMHO
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time_to_go_now
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One gallon of distilled water has lasted four years and there is still about a half gallon left.
I check my batteries every month. Just a tad goes in each month.
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Sully2
Cincinnati
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I never have seen anyone check the specific gravity of the electrolyte with that "water drip" Flow-Rite gizmo!.....
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RayChez
Barstow, Ca. USA
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My Gulfstream Scenic Cruiser come out of the factory with two battery tray slides. One for the chassis batteries and one for the house batteries. They are real nice.
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