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Mon, 04 September 2017 11:55

Deb

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Registered: October 2016
Location: Logan Lake, BC

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Good morning. My coach (still waiting for that first real trip!) decided to die. The 10 year old starting battery (6/07!) discharged over a period of 2 weeks of no running and trying to troubleshoot the Onan (my bad!). I put her on the trickle charger but it will not take a full charge (NoCo Genius 1100 Charger - maintenance charger that works on everything else). Best I can get is up to the 75% mark on the LED's (100% flashing but never going solid). Checked the battery on the multimeter and came up with 11.8 V. Which from what I am reading is 25% charge at BEST or completely DOA (depending on whose page you read). That is after 4 days on the charger. Got just enough juice to by-pass & test the temperature sending unit (yes, it is dead & I have a replacement). But won't even consider trying to turn over (just growls at me! Briefly!). So it can RIP I think. I killed it.

I have a new Interstate AGM house battery in the generator bay that is holding a nice 12.9 V. I am considering dropping that in as my starter battery and getting 2 6V golf cart batteries for the house. The Interstate is a top post battery - my cables are side mount. Anyone have any experience with the adapters for side to top post cables? Canadian Tire here has some that are short cables - helps to eliminate the possibility of insufficient cable length when you add on the adapter.

There is also a disconnect lever switch attached to the positive post - (should be on the negative post?). I plan to try to check to see if there is some phantom power drain (once I have enough power to drain!) in case that is the reason that switch was installed.

Opinions on the move Interstate to starter and add 2 golf carts? Will be pricier than just getting a new starter battery but a good new battery will be about $150+ anyway. So I am not averse to dropping another $100+ for the golf cart batteries if that is worth it. And also - opinions on the adapter scenario.

Deb McWade Logan Lake, BC, CAN GMC Alumnus It's Bigger on the Inside!

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		replacement battery questions By: Deb on Mon, 04 September 2017 11:55
		Re: replacement battery questions By: Ken Burton on Mon, 04 September 2017 12:07
		Re: replacement battery questions By: Ken Burton on Mon, 04 September 2017 12:15
		Re: replacement battery questions By: Deb on Mon, 04 September 2017 12:56
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: johnd01 on Mon, 04 September 2017 13:18
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Ken Henderson on Mon, 04 September 2017 13:18
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Deb on Mon, 04 September 2017 13:55
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: jimk on Mon, 04 September 2017 12:00
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Deb on Mon, 04 September 2017 12:23
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Hal StClair on Mon, 04 September 2017 12:54
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Deb on Mon, 04 September 2017 12:58
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Ken Burton on Tue, 05 September 2017 00:10
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		Re: replacement battery questions By: JohnL455 on Mon, 04 September 2017 14:24
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Bruce Hart on Mon, 04 September 2017 14:50
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Deb on Mon, 04 September 2017 15:06
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Don A on Mon, 04 September 2017 17:50
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		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Deb on Mon, 04 September 2017 21:08
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Deb on Mon, 04 September 2017 21:56
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: k2gkk on Mon, 04 September 2017 18:16
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: GMC Cruse on Mon, 04 September 2017 19:36
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Deb on Mon, 04 September 2017 21:01
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		Re: replacement battery questions By: Deb on Mon, 04 September 2017 15:05
		Re: replacement battery questions By: JohnL455 on Mon, 04 September 2017 17:49
		Re: replacement battery questions By: kingd on Mon, 04 September 2017 19:21
		Re: replacement battery questions By: Matt Colie on Mon, 04 September 2017 19:54
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		Re: replacement battery questions By: Matt Colie on Tue, 05 September 2017 08:07
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		Re: replacement battery questions By: kingd on Tue, 05 September 2017 09:33
		Re: replacement battery questions By: Ken Burton on Tue, 05 September 2017 23:12
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		Re: replacement battery questions By: Ken Burton on Wed, 06 September 2017 22:46
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		Re: replacement battery questions By: Deb on Thu, 07 September 2017 13:08
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Emery Stora on Thu, 07 September 2017 13:32
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Deb on Thu, 07 September 2017 14:19
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Cesar Carrasco on Thu, 07 September 2017 14:22
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Ken Henderson on Thu, 07 September 2017 19:21
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Ken Henderson on Thu, 07 September 2017 13:37
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Deb on Thu, 07 September 2017 14:11
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Matt Colie on Thu, 07 September 2017 14:55
		Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions By: Deb on Thu, 07 September 2017 18:39
		Re: replacement battery questions By: Ken Burton on Fri, 08 September 2017 10:44
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