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Bonesquatch
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Aug 30, 2015

Power problems-batteries are charged, but acting dead

My Lance 850 has been sitting quietly for the past couple of months and when I went to do some work on it today, the batteries acted dead. Strange I thought, since it's solar and had been holding a ch...
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ticki2
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Aug 30, 2015
Bonesquatch wrote:
So I pulled the batteries, checked them, and they're fine.


How did you check the batteries , voltmeter , hydrometer , or load test . It sounds like one or both batteries are dying . If you test them with a voltmeter right after removing from a charger they will look OK , wait a day or put a load on them and they will go down fast . Have a load test done and that will tell you the next step .

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