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Lead acid battery worries

Started by Josh M, August 23, 2018, 10:27:08 AM

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Josh M

I have been building campervans for sale for a while now. I always follow the same format and include a basic electrical system.

A small 45l bar fridge, a dual battery system connected to the main battery, and a 160w solar panel and controller.

Anyway. The first few batteries I included were GEL batteries.

Unfortunately I haven't been able to get any more of those at a good price so I bought some lead acid batteries @ 240ah. Deep cycle of course.

There is a van that I sold about 6 months ago with a lead acid battery installed and hasn't had any issues.

I was installing the other ones I have into the 3 vans I have that are about ready to go and noticed a warning label about venting them and dangerous gases.

Venting them isn't a possibility. How serious a risk are the gases if used in this basic system?

I have 3 lead acids I need to install into a setup similar to the picture attached.

Should I be worried and recall the one I sold with a lead acid already in it, and try and sell these lead acids And install something different. Or will they be alright?

https://imgur.com/a/FPjQ6vN


Camper_Dan

Greetings & Welcome!

Lead acid batteries are only a concern if they're over charged.  I hope you're also doing an isolator, because that's not enough solar for the battery.  Speaking of which, why waste money on solar to begin with?  An isolator and a cheap generator are a cheaper, better, and more reliable source.

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