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landyacht318
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Oct 12, 2012

Specific Gravity varied widely after topping up.

The other day I checked my 9 month old Crown batteries and found the plates exposed slightly on a few cells and cursed mightily. I hadn't checked them in about 3 months. I covered the cells with di...
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teddyu
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Oct 14, 2012
OP, Why are you attempting to equalize/charge the batteries with the solar system connected? Did you ever consider that the solar may be reacting like a parallel battery? If I was trying to force the Schumacher into a higher charge rate, I would isolate the solar system from the battery system until everything was topped off. Then the discharge tests you've been running are conclusive. Two things in parallel quadruple the potnetial results. JM2ยข...

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