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KendallP
Explorer
Mar 01, 2022

MEXICOWANDERER On Top Charging New Flooded Batteries

EDIT: It appears that things are even worse than expected. MEX was busy, so I found the answer my dang self. Simply put... you can buy a brand new battery from a reputable company, with a brand n...
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KendallP
Explorer
Mar 07, 2022
4 more auto Es and 1.300 at 55F.

That puts them at 2.298 at 60 and 1.290 at the 80F standard for a total gain of about 0.023

I'm going to keep going until I get no increases, but if this is full... this would mean that... after my initial top charge plus 1 equalizing session at 15.9V, the batteries were at only something like 87% fully charged... for a pair of brand new batteries with current date codes.

Man oh man.

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