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Pro-Fill Battery Watering System
Yahoo Message Number: 108765
Hi All,
 What is the current opinion of the Pro-Fill battery watering system?
 I purchased one of these when they first came out. I believe it wore out or something and contributed to some over-filling incidents, that led to some minor corrosion and maybe some deterioration of battery performance.

I bought a new one, somewhat different from the old one, at LD recently but haven't yet installed it. Should I?

Terry

2003 26.5'RB

Gardnerveille, NV (in the Bay Area headed to DV after Xmas)
Terry
2003 26.5'RB
Gardnerville, NV
Re: Pro-Fill Battery Watering System
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Yahoo Message Number: 108766
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Hi All,
 "What is the current opinion of the Pro-Fill battery watering system?"

Terry
Terry
 I purchased and installed mine at least 4 years ago and haven't had a lick of trouble with it. Can't speak to the more recent ones but if it ain't broke, don't fix it!

Steve S.
Lazy Bones & Jiggs
Steve S.
Lazy Bones & Cedar
2004 30'IB (Island Bed)
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery
Live for the day!
Re: Pro-Fill Battery Watering System
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Yahoo Message Number: 108767
Mine's 4 years old and trouble-free, too.
 I suspect that the overfilling problem might be related to  the product's vague instruction to pump until the bulb is "firm," which is quite subjective. A person with strong hands and a notion that "firm" mean rock-hard could put in a lot more water than I do with my notion that "firm" means "not soft." I'd rather play it safe by putting in less water.

Joanne in Boston NE-44
Re: Pro-Fill Battery Watering System
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Yahoo Message Number: 108768
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I bought a new one, somewhat different from the old one, at LD recently but haven't yet installed it. Should I?

Terry 2003 26.5'RB Gardnerveille, NV (in the Bay Area headed to DV after Xmas)
Hey Terry, yes, install it. I took my Pro-Fill system off my last RV and put it on the '07 LD.  It has worked well since I bought it.  This summer while the LD was sitting all summer long at Yellowstone and plugged in, I used the system about every other week to insure that the batteries were well watered.  Worked well.

Merry Christmas to you and "Baby"!
2001 MB
* Not to be confused with Larry W (3000 of my posts are actually from expert Larry W due to Yahoo transition mis-step)
Re: Pro-Fill Battery Watering System
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Yahoo Message Number: 108769
tlburnes  wrote: I bought a new one, somewhat different from the old one, at LD recently but haven't yet installed it. Should I? --- Terry, before I went to AGMs, I had a Pro-fill for the T-105s; the thing worked well and was very convenient, but I know that some users had problems with the check valve.  But, those problems (as described) seemed to result in not *enough* water being pumped into the cells; could the overfilling also be a result of a faulty valve allowing too *much* water into each cell?
 Also, wasn't there a configuration change in the cell alignment a while back of the T-105s , i.e., instead of a straight line, the cells were located in a slanted/diagonal pattern?  If you had to adapt the Pro-fill to fit this slant cell pattern of the T-105s, could this have had something to do with the overfill problem?  Speculation only, of course!
 This photo from the Flow Rite website appears to picture the current product; is this what LD carries?
 http://www.flow-rite.com/battery-watering/pro-fill-rv

I'd install the Pro-fill; convenience trumps potential (but infrequent) problems, IMO.

Joan
2003 TK has a new home
Re: Pro-Fill Battery Watering System
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Yahoo Message Number: 108771
"wasn't there a configuration change in the cell alignment a while back of the T-105s , i.e., instead of a straight line, the cells were located in a slanted/diagonal pattern?"
 For what it's worth, the last Pro-Fill kit I saw (about a year ago) included extra pieces of flexible tubing in addition to the old-style rigid inline manifolds... so it could accommodate either the straight or staggered style of filler caps.
 I agree with the others, Terry: go ahead and install it. As Joan said, the real benefits greatly outweigh any potential drawbacks.

Andy Baird http://www.andybaird.com/travels/
Andy Baird
2021 Ford Ranger towing 2019 Airstream 19CB
Previously: 1985 LD Twin/King "Gertie"; 2003 LD Midbath "Skylark"
 
Re: Pro-Fill Battery Watering System
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Yahoo Message Number: 108772
Hi Terry,
 My Pro-Fill has worked well for several years - until recently.  I never had a check valve problem.  Several moths ago I tried to pull the battery slide drawer out and it would not budge.  I removed the batteries and got the slide to work aga
Terry Apple
2013 RB 27 Baby Blue Bentley