From: wolverine01@charter.net   
      
   Unfortunately, I've got some issues needing medical attention and   
   probably won't be using the View for at least a few months.  So I   
   decided I would just take the batteries out and keep them in the garage   
   on a battery tender.   
      
   Got the two wet batteries out of the coach.  It was more of a job than I   
   anticipated with hard to reach stuff in there.  Quite a few cables   
   hooked up.  But, I got them out and in the garage.   
      
      
      
   Then I went to get the battery out of the Mercedes.  This was a little   
   more complicated than I would have liked also.  First you have to remove   
   a panel on the side of the right foot in the well, and pull a battery   
   disconnect.  Then you have to take the mats out and remove the floor and   
   a cover over the battery that is under the drivers floorboard.  I got to   
   looking at it and there were all kinds of wires that would have to be   
   carefully removed.   
      
      
      
   I got halfway into it and started having second thoughts.  This is way   
   too much work and I don't think it is entirely necessary.  The coach   
   batteries have a disconnect inside that effectively removes any draw   
   from them.  The Mercedes has the disconnect that though it is a little   
   harder to get at, it also effectively takes everything off the battery.   
   So I have made an executive decision and decided to not remove them at   
   all.  I put everything back together in the cab, and tomorrow will lug   
   the coach batteries back out and reinstall them.  Then every two weeks   
   I'll start it up and charge everything and remove the disconnects again.   
     If the batteries go bad, I'll just buy new ones.   
      
   Hell, on a normal year, and once I get these surgeries done, we'll   
   probably be going places all winter.  In the end, I think this is a   
   better way to go.   
      
   I liked the old days where you could just go out and pull the batteries!   
      
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