Dead battery so quickly?
One of the trailers that I own is a 1975 model. I bought a brand new Code 24 battery. I was told it was fully charged. I hooked it up, and ran a fluorescent light for a few hours. The next day, the ba...
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JaxDad wrote:
Use an “old school” ammeter, rated for unlimited current and dead cheap to buy, almost anywhere.
Get a 12 volt sealed beam headlight or tractor work light bulb and a bit of wire. With a fresh battery (or not) and everything turned off, hook up the positive side of the battery, then connect the bulb IN BETWEEN the negative side of the battery and the negative lead.
If there is NO parasitic loads, the bulb will NOT light up, not even a little bit.
If the bulb even starts to glow, there is something drawing power. The brighter the bulb lights up, the bigger the draw.
Class dismissed.
That sounds like a simple thing.
So, lets say I use a sealed beam and it is dark. Lets say after that I stick my multimeter on it and also see nothing. What then? Can I just assume the battery really was bad?
