LCI Leveling System - Page 2

**JFlightRisk** · 05-30-2019, 10:33 PM

Big, it'll be a 12v battery in it. Easy way to tell, is if there's six cells on top, it's 12 volt. Three cells will be a six volt battery.
I'm on the right coast, so I'm no help on where to buy them. Here, I'm kinda partial to Interstate batteries. As for the wire size, I'd match what's coming off the battery now. I'm guessing it's maybe 6ga cable, but you'd need to check your rig.

Big1 · 05-30-2019, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by JFlightRisk

Big, it'll be a 12v battery in it. Easy way to tell, is if there's six cells on top, it's 12 volt. Three cells will be a six volt battery.
I'm on the right coast, so I'm no help on where to buy them. Here, I'm kinda partial to Interstate batteries. As for the wire size, I'd match what's coming off the battery now. I'm guessing it's maybe 6ga cable, but you'd need to check your rig.

Thank you sir I'm written down the info as I read all of the post so I can go and buy the batteries, I think that we have a place here where I can go and buy them I just have to google it to find a place near me.

Joan617 · 05-31-2019, 08:27 AM

I got 2 Duracell 12v AGM Group 27 Marine/ RV Deep Cycle batteries at Sams Club. They are normally $159 each but a the time had a $20 off promotion.

AGMs are Absorbed Glass Mat, as opposed to lead-acid. They do not require water maintenance (they are sealed), and they are much more tolerant of recurring deep discharge. Lead acids, if discharged more that 50% a few times, will suffer from shorter life.

If you are always on shore power and never boondock, lead acids should be fine if you maintain the water. We don't boondock in the traditional sense, but since we are still in the southeast, I liked the AGM's in case we find ourselves in a Walmart or Sams Club lot one night during a storm evacuation.

Angus

Big1 · 05-31-2019, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Joan617

I got 2 Duracell 12v AGM Group 27 Marine/ RV Deep Cycle batteries at Sams Club. They are normally $159 each but a the time had a $20 off promotion.

AGMs are Absorbed Glass Mat, as opposed to lead-acid. They do not require water maintenance (they are sealed), and they are much more tolerant of recurring deep discharge. Lead acids, if discharged more that 50% a few times, will suffer from shorter life.

If you are always on shore power and never boondock, lead acids should be fine if you maintain the water. We don't boondock in the traditional sense, but since we are still in the southeast, I liked the AGM's in case we find ourselves in a Walmart or Sams Club lot one night during a storm evacuation.

Angus

Thank you for your comment, I look in my storage compartment and my is maintenance free so that is what I want to get. I look at the AGM battery they look like it something I might want to get, we don't have Sams Club but I'm planning to go to Costco to pick up one along with some battery cable at the auto store.

rkymntsno · 06-05-2019, 02:16 PM

Ok, I have a question about maintaining the water in the batteries. They told me that in the PDI but I also noted these two batteries are wedged in a small area which is gonna be a pain in the a** to check or even add the water. Anyway, they're two interstate 27 group batteries. If they're low on water, what kind of water do I add? Distilled water? Or does it need to be electrolytes or something?

AKRUEBBE · 06-05-2019, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by rkymntsno

Ok, I have a question about maintaining the water in the batteries. They told me that in the PDI but I also noted these two batteries are wedged in a small area which is gonna be a pain in the a** to check or even add the water. Anyway, they're two interstate 27 group batteries. If they're low on water, what kind of water do I add? Distilled water? Or does it need to be electrolytes or something?

I believe distilled water is the best. Usually free of minerals which could cause build up.

Joan617 · 06-05-2019, 05:51 PM

I was raised on the notion that it had to be distilled water, including when I was in aircraft mechanics school in the 70’s. According to the guys at interstate batteries, The current consensus is any water you can drink because it is so well filtered. Back then, there was no such thing as bottled water or it was rare ( and thought stilly).

Big1 · 06-05-2019, 09:14 PM

Yep, distilled is what I was told also I went out to install another battery in my fiver today and what I thought to be a quick install it turns out to be a bad problem, well because of my doing.

The place where the battery goes is very narrow so after I put the battery in I was trying to put the cap on and while I try to put the cap on I damage the battery terminal that was on the side wall.

I didn't want to just put it back because the piece had broken I didn't want to part coming apart touching some metal sidewall and have a bigger problem.

So now I had to stop everything and go to the RV's part store to buy another battery terminal, so I got back and install the battery and I left the cover off this time.

But I finally got it in and I'm a happy camping for more juice inside my fiver. I did bought the maintenance free battery because it is a narrow space there.

AKRUEBBE · 06-06-2019, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Big1

Yep, distilled is what I was told also I went out to install another battery in my fiver today and what I thought to be a quick install it turns out to be a bad problem, well because of my doing.

The place where the battery goes is very narrow so after I put the battery in I was trying to put the cap on and while I try to put the cap on I damage the battery terminal that was on the side wall.

I didn't want to just put it back because the piece had broken I didn't want to part coming apart touching some metal sidewall and have a bigger problem.

So now I had to stop everything and go to the RV's part store to buy another battery terminal, so I got back and install the battery and I left the cover off this time.

But I finally got it in and I'm a happy camping for more juice inside my fiver. I did bought the maintenance free battery because it is a narrow space there.

Good job!!

Big1 · 06-07-2019, 01:45 AM

One thing that I should have done that I just find out today is after I put positive to positive and negative to negative I should have put one lead Positive to one battery to positive and the other lead negative to the second battery.

That way that they both will be pulling the same but I will change that when I go back out to the rv. I put both leads positive and the negative lead on one battery so after looking at my favorite site youtube I learn something new.

Big1 · 06-07-2019, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by AKRUEBBE

Good job!!

I was also out to the Jayco dealer in Kent and I told one of the salesman about you and he remember you buying the pinnacle, I look at the new 2020 North Point and man that thing is nice, but one thing that I just laugh at that same salesman said that I can tow that 2020 with my 3/4 Cummins.

Lol, I got to get me a one ton one day but it's not in the funds now.

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