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RDMueller
Explorer
Sep 27, 2015

Finally bought a battery hydrometer, need help with results

I have read repeatedly here how you need a hydrometer if you want to really know the SOC of a battery. This was clearly confirmed with the results I got... Battery is a new, never used Interstate g...
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pianotuna
Nomad III
Oct 04, 2015
From what I've been able to glean about charging rates, to equalize a battery one needs to provide enough amperage to get to the c/20 rate. That works out to 5 amps per 100 amp-hours of capacity.

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