A few Poggers are aware that January was a very busy month with numerous upgrades to my coach. All upgrades are aimed at increasing reliability and managing obsolescence issues. With Country Coach being auctioned off within the next few weeks, the timing is perfect.
The first upgrade is the replace my worn and tired batteries. All batteries were first removed, then the inverters, then the case was removed for sandblasting and repainting.
I will post several post to show pictures of work. The forum only allows five pictures per post. I think?
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The picture above shows the inverter bay with batteries being removed. Note the Freedom 2500 inverters, the original inverters
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After removing all batteries, I glanced up under the top of the battery case. You can see by the rusted bolt, the battery case was a failure about to happen. The rusted bolt is one of the 12 volt taps that goes through the case and provides 12 volts to one of the inverters. Not good!
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All the batteries and inverters removed. Years of charging flooded batteries have taken its toll.
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The battery case is stripped and almost ready for removal.
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Battery case being removed. Case is half way out. This sucker is heavy, so have plenty of help.
More pictures to come.
Hector