New T-1275 Trojan Batteries gurgling....

[sacfo]

I heard a couple of the batteries gurgling last night. They are new Trojan T-1275s. I hope this does not mean the charger is bad. I felt of the sides and end of the batteries, there weren't any bulges. The sides also felt cool. No wetness on the top of the battery either.

The charger is a Power Drive II. It indicated an initial charge (on the gauge)
of 12-15 amps, then dropped back to around 5-8 amps.

The only oddity is the gurgling or "boiling" sound. Brand new batteries and they have plenty of water in them.

[erict]

I heard a couple of the batteries gurgling last night. They are new Trojan T-1275s. I hope this does not mean the charger is bad. I felt of the sides and end of the batteries, there weren't any bulges. The sides also felt cool. No wetness on the top of the battery either.

The charger is a Power Drive II. It indicated an initial charge (on the gauge)
of 12-15 amps, then dropped back to around 5-8 amps.

The only oddity is the gurgling or "boiling" sound. Brand new batteries and they have plenty of water in them.

I would say normal. It's caused from the degassing process.

[dougmcp]

Erict is correct, the charger goes into an equalization stage for the last few hours and puts the batteries over 2.5v per cell which will cause off-gassing (boiling).
It is normal, do not overfill your batteries and let the charger finish it's cycle.