Battery Discharging
My group 29 battery is discharging down to 12.34 after only 2 hours while dry camping with the fridge on propane. The fridge is 3 way, but is turned to automatic, and the gauge shows propane being us...
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jimlouisesophie wrote:
I tested the battery with a hydrometer and after charging only for an hour, as the battery charger indicated that it was fully charged at 100 % and reached 13.25 the SG was only 12.20....would assume the battery is shot..true? the battery is only 14 months old and has never been discharged below 12.25.
After one hour the battery was just starting to charge (the indicator "Idiot lights") is just showing charging current was flowing through the battery. The battery was in terrible shape since the voltage should have reached 13.7 volts in the first 10 minutes.
Charging should have been done over a 24 hour period. 13.25 volts indicates that the charger sensed a problem with the battery and never started a charge. What kind of charger are you using?
