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sfish
Senior Member Joined: 18 Sep 2011 Location: Bloomington Mn. Online Status: Offline Posts: 134 |
Topic: Interstate battery replacement Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 6:15pm |
I fried a newer battery on my sob and it turned out to be the converter. I replaced the converter (under warranty) and I also took the battery to the dealer and they gave me a new one no questions asked. Good Luck.
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Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 4:17pm |
Again, I agree with Tech. What you describe sounds more like an issue with the converter/charger....which ruined the battery.
Warranties are frustrating. It seems everyone wants to point the finger at someone else. I am not a lawyer or legal expert but, it seems if the RV dealer provides Interstate batteries, they should be an authorized "Interstate battery dealer". If so, the RV dealer should have replaced the battery and worked out reimbursement with Interstate. For example - the dealer didn't manufacture your camper, but provides warranty service on it, and then, gets reimbursed by the manufacturer. Make sense??? Unfortunately, things don't always seem to want to go this way. Good luck!
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 3:31pm |
If the battery is boiling, it sounds like your charger is bad. Do you have a voltmeter? After an overnight charge, but while the battery is still on the charger, you should get a reading somewhere around 13.4 volts. With what you are describing you may see something in the mid-to-upper 14's all the time, and not just during specific points in the charge cycle.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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blissful
Groupie Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Location: Florida Online Status: Offline Posts: 53 |
Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 11:35am |
I recently took my Pod to Lazydays RV in Tampa, FL where I purchased it in April 2011. The battery was boiling over and smoking. The dealer checker the converter to make certain that the battery was the cause of this problem. I ended up with a new Interstate battery and was charged almost $100 for it. It should be under warranty and I am still trying to get a refund. I contacted Interstate and they said that they had to have the battery as proof of defect. I said that the dealer took it. Result? They could not help me. Now dealer is contacting FR to see if they will do a "courtesy" replacement/refund to them. I do not understand this entire mess as whom ever Lazydays got the new battery from, they are the ones who should have given me a new battery free of charge.
Blissful
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