Bang!

Yesterday afternoon shortly after work, I heard a loud bang from outside. Initially I ignored it, as we get a number of random bangs and booms from the industries down the street and across the railroad tracks. However, I realized that the sound was coming from the wrong direction, and went outside to see if I could find out what happened. As I came out of the house, Lisa came out of the travel trailer and called out, "Did you hear that?" I came down to see what had happened.

One of the two deep-cycle RV batteries on the travel trailer had suffered a "low-water catastrophic failure event"

( AKA an 'Explosion' )

With the immediate problems out of the way, Lisa could relax. That bang was much louder to her than it was to me, and it understandably rattled her a bit. With one battery still working, we did not have to immediately rush out and buy a new one. I checked to see who sells deep-cycle RV batteries in the area. Our past experience with such purchases told us that the shops in Fernley only tend to carry one in stock, and Lisa also didn't want to get an off-brand battery, given how hard she works them.

( Off to Sparks )

The new batteries are unloaded next to the trailer and Lisa will install them at her convenience. This was a bit scary at the start, what with the battery explosion, but it all worked out okay in the end.