Measuring battery condition

Freeway Flyer 05 wrote:
Easiest way to measure battery level of charge?

You also mention the terms "battery condition". There is an easy way to get a baseline for the batteries overall health. Take note of charge times. When a battery is in poor condition the voltage will spike when you try to charge it. That tricks the charger in to thinking the battery is fully charged. So the charge cycle happens much quicker than normal. Instead of charging for an hour like it normally did the bad battery will say its charged after a few minutes.

Thats a rough example. BUt just something to note. Works with any size battery. Little ATV batteries on a battery tender will turn green really quick when the battery is toast.

edit to say you can also trick the battery tender. If you are ever in a pinch and cant get a new battery just keep taking the battery tender off and on. Each time it will pump a small bit of amps into it.