Battery Hot and Smells Like Sulfur

Pekoe1111 · September 2019

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 · September 2019

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 · September 2019

Thanks! Removed it immediately.

pthomas745 · September 2019

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 · September 2019

Its toast.

Cbusguy · September 2019

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

b407driver · October 2019

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.

Battery Hot and Smells Like Sulfur

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