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jato

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Topic: LP alarm beeping/low battery?
Posted: 20 Sep 2018 at 7:28pm

[QUOTE=furpod]Just a note, now that battery cases are made of plastic, you no longer have to worry about setting them on concrete..

+2, +3 +4, +5 Yeppir, Furpod is 100% correct AGAIN. We have put our 2 12volt group size 24 batteries from our 177 on our CONCRETE floor inside our UNHEATED garage since November 2011, during the winter months, with no ill effects. All I do is trickle charge each at 2 amps for a day or until fully charged in November and check the water levels and add distilled water if any cells are low. They then sit there, all lonely while the winter winds blow, the snow flies and the temps get well below 0. Then, the following spring in April I do the same thing, trickle charge each for a day or two, check water levels and put back in the pod as soon as the snow melts so I can get the pod out of the horse barn out on the back 20 acres.

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"...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free."

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Posted: 18 Sep 2018 at 2:11pm

Darn it, batteries and concrete are ok now that battery cases aren't made of wood? another urban legend bites the dust LOL

. If we keep exploding all these myths nothing will be any fun anymore.

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Posted: 17 Sep 2018 at 11:18am

When furpod says battery cases are [lastic he is referring to the one that the plates and acid are in from the factory, not the case on the front of the Pod. Batteries and concrete have not reacted for a number of years.

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furpod

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Posted: 17 Sep 2018 at 11:13am

Just a note, now that battery cases are made of plastic, you no longer have to worry about setting them on concrete..

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Posted: 17 Sep 2018 at 10:38am

It is a brand new detector and the battery is critically low, so I am assuming that's what it is I am going to put a charge on the battery and add a disconnect to my pod. I am planning on removing my battery when I do the final winterization, and keep it on a tender. Do not place your battery on a concrete floor, place it up on a block of wood to get it up off the floor.

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Posted: 17 Sep 2018 at 9:58am

I remove my battery for winter. I put it on a trickle charge every month. I figure it's not needed in the winter, but I can keep it charged up, and I also keep it from being out in zero degree weather. It might be ok to keep it outside in zero degree weather, but it's probably better to keep it in in the cellar that never gets down to freezing.

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Posted: 17 Sep 2018 at 7:18am

My brand new 189 LP monitor started beeping too, sitting in my driveway, no shore power.

Turns it out was warning of low battery, which drained it of course even faster.

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Posted: 16 Sep 2018 at 9:25pm

LP alarm is down by the floor, by the bath-- at least it is on my 2013 model 177. It doesn't have a replaceable battery as do the two other alarms on the ceiling, the smoke and carbon monoxide one's. Those both have the 9 volt batteries.

The LP alarm runs off of your camper battery and wears out after about five years and you need to pull it off and replace it with a new one, if this is what you are experiencing. There is no battery inside to replace, just the full hot wired unit. It has colored red green light codes to tell you what's going on with it, and reset buttons that will kill the warning for awhile. Reference the owner's manual for the specific brand of device. I just bought a new one last month off of Amazon for $58 bucks. It seems that they are only good for 4-5 yrs. before they fail. Or it could be that your camper trailer battery is dead.

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Posted: 16 Sep 2018 at 9:23pm

+1 good idea

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Posted: 16 Sep 2018 at 8:46pm

I am going to add a disconnect to the unit before I winterize it.

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jato Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3223	Topic: LP alarm beeping/low battery? Posted: 20 Sep 2018 at 7:28pm
	[QUOTE=furpod]Just a note, now that battery cases are made of plastic, you no longer have to worry about setting them on concrete.. +2, +3 +4, +5 Yeppir, Furpod is 100% correct AGAIN. We have put our 2 12volt group size 24 batteries from our 177 on our CONCRETE floor inside our UNHEATED garage since November 2011, during the winter months, with no ill effects. All I do is trickle charge each at 2 amps for a day or until fully charged in November and check the water levels and add distilled water if any cells are low. They then sit there, all lonely while the winter winds blow, the snow flies and the temps get well below 0. Then, the following spring in April I do the same thing, trickle charge each for a day or two, check water levels and put back in the pod as soon as the snow melts so I can get the pod out of the horse barn out on the back 20 acres.
	God's pod '11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free."

offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Posted: 18 Sep 2018 at 2:11pm
	Darn it, batteries and concrete are ok now that battery cases aren't made of wood? another urban legend bites the dust . If we keep exploding all these myths nothing will be any fun anymore.
	1994 Chinook Concourse 1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold

Keith-N-Dar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Location: Mayville, WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447	Posted: 17 Sep 2018 at 11:18am
	When furpod says battery cases are [lastic he is referring to the one that the plates and acid are in from the factory, not the case on the front of the Pod. Batteries and concrete have not reacted for a number of years.
	Keith-N-Dar Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150

furpod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128	Posted: 17 Sep 2018 at 11:13am
	Just a note, now that battery cases are made of plastic, you no longer have to worry about setting them on concrete..

Shane Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 09 Sep 2018 Location: Northern IL. Online Status: Offline Posts: 98	Posted: 17 Sep 2018 at 10:38am
	It is a brand new detector and the battery is critically low, so I am assuming that's what it is I am going to put a charge on the battery and add a disconnect to my pod. I am planning on removing my battery when I do the final winterization, and keep it on a tender. Do not place your battery on a concrete floor, place it up on a block of wood to get it up off the floor.
	ENGINE 55,TRUCK 44,BATALLION 12

mjlrpod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1214	Posted: 17 Sep 2018 at 9:58am
	I remove my battery for winter. I put it on a trickle charge every month. I figure it's not needed in the winter, but I can keep it charged up, and I also keep it from being out in zero degree weather. It might be ok to keep it outside in zero degree weather, but it's probably better to keep it in in the cellar that never gets down to freezing.
	2017.5 Rp-172 2020 R-pod 195 2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl I'll be rpodding

Ghosthawk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01 Apr 2018 Location: Fargo ND Online Status: Offline Posts: 128	Posted: 17 Sep 2018 at 7:18am
	My brand new 189 LP monitor started beeping too, sitting in my driveway, no shore power. Turns it out was warning of low battery, which drained it of course even faster.

codycountry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 Jan 2014 Location: Wyo Online Status: Offline Posts: 168	Posted: 16 Sep 2018 at 9:25pm
	LP alarm is down by the floor, by the bath-- at least it is on my 2013 model 177. It doesn't have a replaceable battery as do the two other alarms on the ceiling, the smoke and carbon monoxide one's. Those both have the 9 volt batteries. The LP alarm runs off of your camper battery and wears out after about five years and you need to pull it off and replace it with a new one, if this is what you are experiencing. There is no battery inside to replace, just the full hot wired unit. It has colored red green light codes to tell you what's going on with it, and reset buttons that will kill the warning for awhile. Reference the owner's manual for the specific brand of device. I just bought a new one last month off of Amazon for $58 bucks. It seems that they are only good for 4-5 yrs. before they fail. Or it could be that your camper trailer battery is dead.

mcarter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419	Posted: 16 Sep 2018 at 9:23pm
	+1 good idea
	Mike Carter 2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."

Shane Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 09 Sep 2018 Location: Northern IL. Online Status: Offline Posts: 98	Posted: 16 Sep 2018 at 8:46pm
	I am going to add a disconnect to the unit before I winterize it.
	ENGINE 55,TRUCK 44,BATALLION 12