yet another ? for battery gurus (sorry)!

Absolutely,

Has your Ctek got the recondition function in it?

If so use it and let it run through the cycle, it may take a while.

Wicket.

You may need to reset the SOC.

regards

if the battery is kaput ---why give yourself a headache ---get a new one

Unfortunately it's not just a question of replacing the battery but of eliminating possible causes of the real problem which is the sudden change of the fridge operation.
Have had the fridge for a number of years and never had any dramas till coming home from a recent trip when ambient temp was 24 and fridge was 16! Took it to the local dometic agent and they could find nothing wrong after a couple of days of testing. I figured the problem then had to be at the vehicle end and so checked all cables and joins and everything seems ok, voltage at fridge reads 11.8v ( realize there is some voltage drop but not drastic enough to effect the fridge dramatically) when running which seems ok, so the only thing that remains i guess is the battery but if the poor condition of the battery has no bearing on fridge operation whilst the car is running then replacing the battery won't solve the head scratching issue of why the fridge is misbehaving.
So does anyone have any suggestions?
thanks

Hello all,
First time on..... I have a Hilux with a 90ah Powercrank deep cycle battery that is charged via a solenoid seperate to the vehicle battery. This battery is now too old (like me !!!) and I am replacing with an Optima Yellow.
I run 2 Engel 32 ltr fridges ( one on fridge and one on freezer) plus three rechargeable camp lights and until now only went out for a couple of days at a time. With a planned trip along the coast from Esperance planned for the end of the month for about 4 weeks, I have purchased a 150 watt solar panel kit. This should keep the charge up.............. I hope......

So...wicket..... fit a new battery, and if the funds are there... Go for a good Optima.

I am open for any sugestions from the members if I should encounter any problems with keeping up battery charge

"but (SOLAR) *reg* indicates only 30% soc.
Even after several hours recharging with ctec 15amp charger........
when tested wth *solar reg* soc stll only indicates 70% charge "

How can SOC increase on Solar regulator display, when battery is charged externally by Ctec?

Maîneÿ . . .

i checked it first with the solar reg then charged it with the ctec then checked soc with solar reg after ctec charge as ctec doesn't give any figures.

buy none of this explains why the fridge is not performong as usual given the service agents gave it the ok