06-18-2013, 06:40 AM
Forrest
Sorry to hear about your battery problems. When batteries are in a bank one bad apple will spoil the basket. Your charger is looking for specific indications when it doesn’t see that it keeps on pumping. thus overcharging the other batteries to make the system whole.. several things could play a factor. But with the water you've added and the electrolyte being below the plates.. you may have lost the bank... and trying to replace a single battery or two in a lead acid system.. never works out in the long run... there should have been or should be a temp monitor to prevent boiling off the batteries.. I have seen a few times batteries that did recover but not often. check all the connection for corrosion and security especially the grounds.
If there is more than one ground to the chassis as in the two that didn’t boil, that is part of the problem. The system has to be whole for the charger to play well..
Good luck… see ya in Spearfish..
Sorry to hear about your battery problems. When batteries are in a bank one bad apple will spoil the basket. Your charger is looking for specific indications when it doesn’t see that it keeps on pumping. thus overcharging the other batteries to make the system whole.. several things could play a factor. But with the water you've added and the electrolyte being below the plates.. you may have lost the bank... and trying to replace a single battery or two in a lead acid system.. never works out in the long run... there should have been or should be a temp monitor to prevent boiling off the batteries.. I have seen a few times batteries that did recover but not often. check all the connection for corrosion and security especially the grounds.
If there is more than one ground to the chassis as in the two that didn’t boil, that is part of the problem. The system has to be whole for the charger to play well..
Good luck… see ya in Spearfish..
Jimmy