Alert Battleborn battery safety alert

[osuallen]

First, it's "hunt". Meantime, not sure what that has to do with the price of eggs in China, besides, which standard? I can claim to have tested anything to any standard and it's not worth the time it took to make the claim. If you want your battery to measure up to UL standards then lose the clever misdirective phrasing and have it UL certified, it's not complicated.

You just proved my point.

 

[Neal]

 

[Holdmybeer]

The engineer posting a YT video speculating ( lying) that the motivation for Prowse is vengeance and then admitting he intentionally lied, but the rest of the video is however trustworthy should be troubling in itself.

 

[TheLooks]

BB is just holding the gates until they can scatter enough money in places the lawsuit and bankruptcy won't find. This issue is going to grow. So glad I could not afford BB batteries, or did not want to afford them for what I am trying to (and have) accomplished for my needs.

 

[TheLooks]

I just went to BB's own site and looked up their wire size recommendations. They do not mention damage to a battery from undersized cables, just that the wires may become hot and burn up. The battery should be able to handle its rated load, and not care if the wires burn up. That is why you fuse things, to protect the wires. Never heard of the battery being the weak point intentionally. Plus the stupidity of saying its a safety feature that causes you to throw your battery away. a resettable fuse or replaceable fuse would have preserved the owners investment.

 

[Headhunter]

My 2026 coach came with BB Lithium batteries. I am buying a laser heat gun to check temperatures. Where should I target it for over heating? Should I target the positive terminals ? What temperature would be considered dangerous.

The Heat Gun says normal temp is 20 Degrees F above room temperature for electrical outlets.

HH

 

[TheLooks]

The whole battery. Will explained that on his the negative terminal heated up and warped. Some of the batteries had hot spots in the battery packs themselves. Look for a discoloration in the epoxy around the lug. Keep the lugs tight if you have never checked them.

 

[TheLooks]

Watch a couple of his older videos and see where the problems were positioned in the battery when he cuts them open.

 

[MV Intrigue]

My 2026 coach came with BB Lithium batteries. I am buying a laser heat gun to check temperatures. Where should I target it for over heating? Should I target the positive terminals ? What temperature would be considered dangerous.

The Heat Gun says normal temp is 20 Degrees F above room temperature for electrical outlets.

HH

I made a video on how to check your existing BB in various ways. It was made for people who have existing systems that may not show any negative signs.

 

[Neal]

 

[Richpatty]

Thanks for the new video Neal. I continue to watch my BB batteries (which are now over 4 years old) and I still do not have any signs of issues…. But I do not credit the batteries for this as much the light use they get. After I purchased/installed them, our family situation changed which precluded us from doing any significant traveling. So they have not seen any heavy usage. The hardest draw they get is when I run roof AC off of them , which probably does not draw much more than 30 amps per battery (across 8 batteries). And it is probably much less than that as I have solar and the RV alternator also contributing power to the system as well drive…

Bottom line, the batteries still appear to performing fine and show no outward signs of issues. All positive terminals appear tight and a nice color of red.

Would I buy them again? Nope…. But I hope to get a free more years out of them (assuming I still own an RV - a big if at the moment) and replace them later. My main concern would be that any buyer would be turned off by having them in a rig they purchased….

 

[TheLooks]

Thanks for the new video Neal. I continue to watch my BB batteries (which are now over 4 years old) and I still do not have any signs of issues…. But I do not credit the batteries for this as much the light use they get. After I purchased/installed them, our family situation changed which precluded us from doing any significant traveling. So they have not seen any heavy usage. The hardest draw they get is when I run roof AC off of them , which probably does not draw much more than 30 amps per battery (across 8 batteries). And it is probably much less than that as I have solar and the RV alternator also contributing power to the system as well drive…

Bottom line, the batteries still appear to performing fine and show no outward signs of issues. All positive terminals appear tight and a nice color of red.

Would I buy them again? Nope…. But I hope to get a free more years out of them (assuming I still own an RV - a big if at the moment) and replace them later. My main concern would be that any buyer would be turned off by having them in a rig they purchased….

You also may have a much better built battery then the ones that are failing. This problem could have been brought on by bean counters not engineers at the BB headquarters. Get a reputation, then cheapen the product for maximum profit.....gee, where have I heard that before in the RV world.....

 

[Richpatty]

You also may have a much better built battery then the ones that are failing. This problem could have been brought on by bean counters not engineers at the BB headquarters. Get a reputation, then cheapen the product for maximum profit.....gee, where have I heard that before in the RV world.....

That may be true…but I have heard of issues with older BB’s as well. I guess only time will tell.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

Now that is funny!

 

[Richpatty]

Now that is funny!

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