Re: Batteries
"One 12.26, other 12.33 volts. One back up in one hour, other would not accept anymore on my automatic charger."<br /><br />i just went back and read the post that induced my comment<br /><br />this really aint worth the effort but 12.26 or 12.33 one didnt come up means at least one of em is still at 12.26 or 12.33 after it had been on the charger.. okay perhaps i am too ready to blame auto chargers cos i have seen just too many that dont fully charge a battery before switching off..<br /><br />12.36 according to the site boatist quotes if i remember correctly was nearer 3/4 flat than half also.. cant kinda seee how that would come up in an hour either<br /><br /><br />course we do have this just how u test em stuff.. run the surface charge off do this do that.. i just go on what the battery should read fresh off the charger useing an accurate multimeter to be sure its fully charged.. and yes a fully charged one will read 13.5 volts with the charger just disconnected.. which i assumed (probably wrongly) was when u were checking your voltages..<br /><br /><br />i have several little battery testers with different coloured little lights (diodes) that come on to tell u the state of charge of a leisure/deep cycle battery.. quarter.. half.. full and so on.. they apply a samll load and every one of em needs well over 13 volts at the battery terminals before the fully charged light comes on.. any idea why..???<br /><br />but as i said earlier.. forgive me i should never have posted in this thread..<br /><br />nuff said on a silly potentially (inevitably it seems) over complicated subject.. the only thing that really matters is dont let the buggers go dead flat.. unless u live in alaska of course then it probably pays to take em to bed with u every night to keep the buggers warm..<br /><br />trog100
"One 12.26, other 12.33 volts. One back up in one hour, other would not accept anymore on my automatic charger."<br /><br />i just went back and read the post that induced my comment<br /><br />this really aint worth the effort but 12.26 or 12.33 one didnt come up means at least one of em is still at 12.26 or 12.33 after it had been on the charger.. okay perhaps i am too ready to blame auto chargers cos i have seen just too many that dont fully charge a battery before switching off..<br /><br />12.36 according to the site boatist quotes if i remember correctly was nearer 3/4 flat than half also.. cant kinda seee how that would come up in an hour either<br /><br /><br />course we do have this just how u test em stuff.. run the surface charge off do this do that.. i just go on what the battery should read fresh off the charger useing an accurate multimeter to be sure its fully charged.. and yes a fully charged one will read 13.5 volts with the charger just disconnected.. which i assumed (probably wrongly) was when u were checking your voltages..<br /><br /><br />i have several little battery testers with different coloured little lights (diodes) that come on to tell u the state of charge of a leisure/deep cycle battery.. quarter.. half.. full and so on.. they apply a samll load and every one of em needs well over 13 volts at the battery terminals before the fully charged light comes on.. any idea why..???<br /><br />but as i said earlier.. forgive me i should never have posted in this thread..<br /><br />nuff said on a silly potentially (inevitably it seems) over complicated subject.. the only thing that really matters is dont let the buggers go dead flat.. unless u live in alaska of course then it probably pays to take em to bed with u every night to keep the buggers warm..<br /><br />trog100
<br /><br />~2' of snow here today!...........can't wait till spring!
