Testing battery
I am trying to test my 6 volt batterys and I have a hydrometer! My problem the directions tell you the readings for 12 volt batterys What do you do for 6 volt???
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- Same as the first answer.
noleakman wrote:
If I understand the previous post each cell should read the same even if it is 6 or 12 volt battery!
CORRECT.- If I understand the previous post each cell should read the same even if it is 6 or 12 volt battery!
- When you are using a Hydrometer you are not testing a Battery, You are testing a CELL.
12 volt batteries have six cells
Six volt pairs,, also have six cells, 3 in each battery, and thus are a 12 volt battery when installed (I know, confusing) which is why I say there are no six volt batteries IN Rv's (True there are six volt cubes, but they are paired to make 12).
And when using a hydrometer, each 2 volt cell is ... Well that is what the instructions are for, 2 volt cells. You just test .. all of them. - It's one-half of the reading for... oh never mind. It's the same.
- It's the same. Dip it in, take a reading. Not much more to it.
