1. RV battery life influencing factors
(1) battery type
① lead-acid batteries, service life of 3 to 6 years, lead-acid batteries are the cheapest of all batteries, but the use of the battery is the most stringent, the arbitrary use of lead-acid batteries will greatly reduce battery life
② AGM, life expectancy of 6 to 10 years and above, the price is in the middle, the use of electrolyte leakage does not need to be concerned about the upside down, the degree of maintenance is low, serious use will exceed the expected life expectancy
③ lithium-ion batteries, service life of more than 10 years, the most expensive price, in the 130 U.S. dollars / kwh or so, but lithium-ion batteries in the use of the degree of experience is the best almost to meet the needs of the caravan travel so.
(2) battery discharge depth
The impact of the discharge depth is irreversible, maintain a good discharge depth can greatly increase the actual service life of the battery, each battery material is different from the minimum depth of discharge is also different, lithium batteries, the minimum depth of discharge in about 20%, lead-acid batteries discharge depth in about 50%, such as lithium batteries each time the consumption of 80% of the power can be used 3,000 times, each time the consumption of 100% of the power can only be used 5,000 times. If lithium battery consumes 80% of power each time, it can be used for 3000 times, while each time consumes 100% of power, it can be used for 5000 times.
(3) environmental temperature
Caravanning travel in the location of the changes such as the Gobi, desert, plateau, snow and other high temperature and cold areas also have an impact on the life of the battery, more than the environmental temperature of the battery will reduce the life of the environmental temperature lead-acid batteries are used in the temperature range of minus 20 ℃ to 55 ℃ lithium batteries are used in the temperature range of minus 20 ℃ to 65 ℃.
(4) battery power storage
battery storage, regardless of the length of time long and short to ensure that the battery in the battery in 60% or so, in the non-use of the battery will also discharge the battery, if the battery power is too low will reduce the battery life or direct damage to the battery.
2. to extend the RV battery life skills
(1) at any time to ensure that the caravan battery power, no matter how the caravan battery power if the battery power can be supplemented for the battery power to fill up, do not worry about overcharging the battery, for the charger are equipped with charging protection to reach the expected amount of power will be actively disconnected.
(2) close the caravan electrical appliances, caravan travel power strain when using the battery as a power source should pay attention to timely closure, to prevent the battery from being over-discharged.
(3) lead-acid batteries, the use of lead-acid batteries, the user should be extra nervous whether it is corrosion of the terminals, battery rehydration, or electrolyte leakage are lead-acid batteries are prone to big problems need to pay more attention.
(4) pay attention to the temperature of the battery, long time multi-load battery use will increase the discharge power of the battery to generate additional power resulting in the battery itself heats up, as well as the battery placed in the area is conducive to the battery exothermic.
(5) slow charging, if the time is sufficient to use a full low current, fast charging brought about by the larger load on the battery damage, low current is more favorable to the battery.
3. When should I replace my RV battery?
In fact, the life of the caravan battery in use with to be lower than the expected life of people in use can not meet the specifications of the battery, lead-acid batteries in about 2 years to be replaced, lithium batteries about 9 years, caravanning trips accompanied by a battery test table can tell you when the battery capacity is reduced by too much voltage instability reduction can be considered a replacement of the battery.
Conclusion
RV battery is one of the most important equipment in the RV travel, battery life is very important to the use of the experience, understand the life of each battery and maintenance of the battery is very important to use the method, choose lithium batteries, although the price is higher but more convenient, is the most ideal RV travel battery.
