batteries before and after

[encantotom]

my project has started. i finally got some the parts i have ordered. yesterday i picked up the lifeline agm batteries for the coach at the fedex terminal in phoenix. (saved over a hundred bucks that way).

the previous owner had put 6 mismatched 4d flooded batteries in and the rack was rusty and two of the batteries had been boiling.

i took them out, spent several hours with baking soda betting all the acid out and then scrubbed the compartment clean. sanded and painted the rack. cleaned all the cables and battery post adapters.

then a neighbor had bad timing and brought back some tables he had borrowed and i had him help me get the new batteries in the rack.

they are for sure heavy. my neighbor probably weighed less than one of the batteries...but i made up for that.

i put one new powerpulse unit on each rack and rerouted the battery cables to work better than they had. mounted the battery temp sensor and the powerpulses.

now i actually have working batteries and the xantrex echocharger is now charging the engine batteries. (the coach batteries were not getting high enough to do it before).

first task done. my new headhunter mach 5 pump arrived today and i started replumbing work. the old headhunter was the jetpaq and the plumbing was in different spots.

the headhunter pump i found new from a rv surplus dealer for 375 shipped so i got a good deal. (man they are pricey).

one thing down, a zillion to go.

tom