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swimmer_spe
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Sep 12, 2023

swapping and charging batteries

I have a 1 year old trailer. It came with a deep cell battery, and it is good. I plan on adding a second battery. I have 2 older ones,that at the time, were good. Today,I swapped out my good battery for one of the older ones to let it change for a week or so with the trailer's charging system. When I plugged it in,it was at 12.5V. I have not charged it since sometime last summer, or the fall before. Not bad...
  • It's not clear when you saw 12.5 vs plugged it in, but if it was charging then the voltage doesn't reflect battery charge state.

    Regardles now that it has charged do a load test to determine the battery condition.
  • 12.5 after a week of charging is bad. A fully charged battery would be 12.67 or above.

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