Battery Hot and Smells Like Sulfur

Pekoe1111

We went on an overnight in our 320S after charging on shore power.  Our battery didn’t last through the night before our CO detector started beeping.  Upon arriving home I hooked it up to shore power overnight and in the morning smelled sulfur near the camper.  The battery was the culprit and was hot to the touch.  After it cooled down, I check the water in it and one side is bone dry, and the other the water is fine.

should I just add water and hook back up to shore power and hope for the best?

pthomas745

NO!

https://tab-rv.vanillacommunity.com/discussion/9278/alert-rotten-egg-smell-in-trailer-what-to-do

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&sxsrf=ACYBGNS78sd39SRA-1NVSe_roX3Bx3CYqw:1568579079083&ei=B55-XdzXBNqt0PEP_9uRkAU&q=battery+smells+like+rotten+eggs+&oq=battery+smells+like+rotten+eggs+&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0j0i22i30l9.9188.15666..16516...2.0..0.105.3672.49j1......0....1..gws-wiz.iwQc7UnVEv8&ved=0ahUKEwic97221NPkAhXaFjQIHf9tBFIQ4dUDCAo&uact=5

Pekoe1111

Thanks!  Removed it immediately. 

pthomas745

Sorry, didn;t mean to yell!  In that thread from these forums, there was no follow up to determine if the converter was at fault or the batteries just failed.

4ncar

Its toast.

Cbusguy

I am with 4n,   you may be able to recover it a little bit,    but I would never trust it.

b407driver

pthomas745 said:

Sorry, didn;t mean to yell!  In that thread from these forums, there was no follow up to determine if the converter was at fault or the batteries just failed.

Sorry, it was a bad converter, replaced under warranty, as well as the batteries, which were obviously fried.