Battery failure

The deep cycle battery that was supplied with our caravan to power all of our 12 V lights and appliances was found to be totally dry with one of the fuses blown and melted, after checking it to see why we weren't getting any power.

We have had the van for 12 months and admittedly never checked the fluid level in that time although it was serviced by the dealer twice (thought they would do the check? I know, I know .....)

I have had deep cycle batteries in the 4wd for years and never had such an experience - with about the same level of neglect!

When the cells were re-filled with water, a lot of bubbling activity occured and it seemed as though all was ok - but after a short time of use, it was found that probably one of the cells is damaged as the voltage output was just 10.8 amps.

Any idea what would cause the battery to go dry like that and then melt the fuse?

Thanks
pprass
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