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<blockquote data-quote="smoka" data-source="post: 6175860" data-attributes="member: 606721">My guess: The constant cycling of the RT probably caused sulphation of the lead plates. This sulphation decreases the batt capacity which makes it have to work harder to keep up with your system. That mixed with the high charging voltage and no/little ventilation with a 3+hr drive caused it to overheat.What is the resting voltage of your other redtop? I&#039;m guessing it might have some issues in the near future. You could try to desulphate it.Check this out:<a href="http://hackaday.com/2009/07/05/battery-desulfator/#more-12452" target="_blank">http://hackaday.com/2009/07/05/battery-desulfator/#more-12452</a>The vid is pretty interesting even though the guy is a hippie. I&#039;ve been wanting to try this to see if it really works, I just don&#039;t have any old batts. There a professional version that goes for $700 so I assume in theory it should work....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="smoka, post: 6175860, member: 606721"] My guess: The constant cycling of the RT probably caused sulphation of the lead plates. This sulphation decreases the batt capacity which makes it have to work harder to keep up with your system. That mixed with the high charging voltage and no/little ventilation with a 3+hr drive caused it to overheat. What is the resting voltage of your other redtop? I'm guessing it might have some issues in the near future. You could try to desulphate it. Check this out: [URL="http://hackaday.com/2009/07/05/battery-desulfator/#more-12452"]http://hackaday.com/2009/07/05/battery-desulfator/#more-12452[/URL] The vid is pretty interesting even though the guy is a hippie. I've been wanting to try this to see if it really works, I just don't have any old batts. There a professional version that goes for $700 so I assume in theory it should work.... [/QUOTE]

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