How Long Can I Go On Stinking Batteries?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by scottied67, Jul 4, 2018.

  1. Shotgun100

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  2. Canucklehead

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    I went and got a high end marine 4 bank battery charger. There is enough space for it behind my stairs right next to the batteries. I just cut a hole under the door and mounted a plug. The thing is a wizard, it looks at your batteries and decides what they need. Full on or trickle. Also once a month it'll run a maintenance routine past them. I carry a 100 foot extension cord in case I can plug in on the road. When I'm home I can plug the truck in and keep running my fridge for however long I want. Great for those hot days and the fridge is an oven for many miles.

    So kiss your batteries troubles behind. Do like me, and you'll always have fresh charged batteries.
     
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    GreenPete359 Road Train Member

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  4. scottied67

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    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    I actually started watching this. Went and got my coffee, and finished it lol.

    So the moral to the story is; Fix the problem early, not like a rookie lol lol lol.
     
  6. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    We never heard about the fuel pump. At least I never did.
    You're the second poster here with bad fuel pump on that engine.
    Bad batch maybe?
     
  7. snowwy

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    Just because you have a charger on your batteries. Don't mean you can kiss your battery troubles behind.

    Nothing lasts forever. And batteries are no exception.
     
  8. ChaoSS

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    Of course but running batteries down really low is hard on them. Keeping good batteries properly charged will significantly lower your chances of batteries going bad.
     
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