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falconman515
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May 17, 2013

How Do I Charge, and Maintain 2 New 6 Volt Batteries???

I just purchased 2 new 6 volt Premium 232ah Sams Club Energizer batteries that I will be installing in my rig this weekend. Now I want to know more about them and how to maintain them. Can I run...
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mena661
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May 20, 2013
westend wrote:
12.79 is in the range of fully charged. Do you have a hydrometer? If so, you should check each cell and see if the specific gravity in each cell is close to 1.265 (subtracting or adding .004 for temperature shift from 80 f by ten degrees).
X2, get yourself a hydrometer and take a specific gravity reading. I would say your SG should be closer to 1.277 according to Trojan. The baseline SG on my batteries is 1.285.

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