Battery drain
Got a new walmart MAXX24dc a year ago. It was free under warranty, it's the one in the trailer when I bought it. It was only 1 year old. Now the replacement is about a year old and doesn't seem right...
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Dave,
Battery manufactures (more accurately the sales group) hates the 20hr ampere rating because it is a hard and fast specification that allows little wiggle room.
But, a day of none use should not have brought the battery to 12.2.
If you have little better, go cheap. Solder two wires with alligator clips to a small light bulb. Disconnect one of the battery leads and put your new test light there.
If it shows nothing, you may have a bad battery there....
If it shows anything at all, you have a drain. Start turning off breakers or pulling fuses until it goes out.
Matt
Battery manufactures (more accurately the sales group) hates the 20hr ampere rating because it is a hard and fast specification that allows little wiggle room.
But, a day of none use should not have brought the battery to 12.2.
If you have little better, go cheap. Solder two wires with alligator clips to a small light bulb. Disconnect one of the battery leads and put your new test light there.
If it shows nothing, you may have a bad battery there....
If it shows anything at all, you have a drain. Start turning off breakers or pulling fuses until it goes out.
Matt
