battery/meter electrical problem
I neglected my rv for the entire winter and am paying the price. My 4x6 volt flooded GC2 batteries are near dead. Today I was trouble shooting them to see if I could revive/charge them enough to get...
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You said you hooked Positive to Negative then measured from the other two positive and negative posts.. ARE YOU SURE you hooked positive to negative
And are you sure the cable was good?
First solution: Verify by the markings on the batteries.. Top post batteries come in 3 or more flavors
One has the posts along one edge it comes in both a GC-2 and a GC-2-R (the R means positive and negative are reversed)
One has them in the corners and again. there is an "R" version
The last one they are center mounted. no "R" on this you simply turn it around
But read the markings on the battery
To test the jumper.> With the batteries connected positive to negative read from teh MOST negative post to the one with the jumper hooked to it. TOUCH the post. not the connector. Should be the same reading as if you did post to post on the single battery.
I JUST did a repair job that called for 3 temporary jumper wires. 2 of them failed the above test .
And are you sure the cable was good?
First solution: Verify by the markings on the batteries.. Top post batteries come in 3 or more flavors
One has the posts along one edge it comes in both a GC-2 and a GC-2-R (the R means positive and negative are reversed)
One has them in the corners and again. there is an "R" version
The last one they are center mounted. no "R" on this you simply turn it around
But read the markings on the battery
To test the jumper.> With the batteries connected positive to negative read from teh MOST negative post to the one with the jumper hooked to it. TOUCH the post. not the connector. Should be the same reading as if you did post to post on the single battery.
I JUST did a repair job that called for 3 temporary jumper wires. 2 of them failed the above test .
