Every fall there are numerous discussions about how to winter batteries. I have always left my lead acid batteries in place fully charged and disconnected.Following are the results from this winter.Truck and trailer batteries were kept happy by goin...
Our trailer has 2 group 24 12V batteries. They seem to discharge quickly. With just the parasitic loads of fridge electronics, CO/Propane monitor and radio(not running) the voltage will drop from 12.6 to 12.4 over 6 hours.I measured the draw and it...
How often should wet bolts be greased. We just had them installed last spring. We travel about 10 000 miles a year. Trailer has only gone about 2 000 since the suspension mods.Thanks
The tires on my trailer are showing heavy wear on the outside of the tires. This is worst on the right hand side.The tires are 205/75 14 Marathons. They have been kept at 50 PSI. The trailer was made Mar 2011. I don't know the tire date. There a...
The GM trucks have a process to cut the field current in the alternator so they don't charge when the battery is full up and there is no other loads. This improves fleet fuel economy ratings. Nothing wrong. There was a tech bulletin on this.
We use Tracfone sims in our Samsung phones. Pay as you go.We also use a Straighttalk hotspot Also pay as you go. This has worked wellNOTE Hotspot name has been corrected
I use regular gas with ethanol in all my gas engines. Every can gets some type of fuel stabilizer. All the engines run fine after sitting for 6 months. My John Deere lawn tractor manual specifies to put a stabilizer in the fuel always.
Wet cell batteries full charged with no load are fine in the cold all winter. Been doing that for 40+ years with the batteries in my boat. In Ont Canada it does get cold. Never had a problem. They discharge very little in cold weather.
I'm in Ontario where it gets cold. For the last 40 years I fully charge the 2 batteries in our boat and ensure no loads on them. For my Miata and John Deere tractor the same thing - fully charge and take off battery cables.I leave them in Nov and c...
