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Old 09-25-2022, 01:56 PM   #1
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axis and vegas battery

what do all of you axis and vegas owners do to check the water in the chassie battery??

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Old 09-25-2022, 01:58 PM   #2
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The chassis battery is sealed. Not sure if it is an AGM or a SLA type.

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Old 09-25-2022, 02:12 PM   #3
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iam not sure what mine is.. What is SLA i dont know that one
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Old 09-25-2022, 02:36 PM   #4
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thanks Dave
iam not sure what mine is.. What is SLA i dont know that one
Sealed Lead Acid.
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Old 09-25-2022, 04:53 PM   #5
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I just replaced the two house batteries and the chassis battery. The chassis is the heavy duty sealed Ford battery. The two house batteries are sealed AGM batteries. No more checking any battery water levels. Also put a knife switch on the chassis battery and the house batteries. I open the knife switches when the RV is in storage so the batteries are all physically disconnected from any draw.
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Old 09-26-2022, 01:01 PM   #6
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I just replaced the two house batteries and the chassis battery. The chassis is the heavy duty sealed Ford battery. The two house batteries are sealed AGM batteries. No more checking any battery water levels. Also put a knife switch on the chassis battery and the house batteries. I open the knife switches when the RV is in storage so the batteries are all physically disconnected from any draw.
We swapped out our cheap OEM house batteries (they would not hold a charge) while in Utah in the fall of 2020 with Interstate AGM's and have been very happy with the performance. Also have a Flow-Rite on the chassis battery and keep that filled up with distilled water (easy).
BTW kudos to Ed once again for your Axis/Vegas manual, this has been a fantastic maintenance source for us for the past four years!
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