battery/meter electrical problem
I neglected my rv for the entire winter and am paying the price. My 4x6 volt flooded GC2 batteries are near dead. Today I was trouble shooting them to see if I could revive/charge them enough to get...
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voodoo101 wrote:I sometimes get a tone on my meter when reading DC. Its always because i accidentally have it set wrong. I have to click a button to switch between AC and DC.
I connected them in series (bat 1 pos to bat 2 neg/grnd) and checked for their combined voltage and I get a 0 volt reading and a tone,
Hope this doesnt confuse things. Either your cable between batteries is not making a strong connection, or you wired it goofy.
If i was to describe my (2) 6v batteries i would say BAT 1 is my positive source and BAT 2 is my NEG. Which means i would wire it backwards than how you describe it. BAT 1 neg post has a cable over to BAT 2 positive post.
Make sure to dig the probe into the battery post. Maybe its just not making a good connection?
Its weird about the tone youre hearing. I feel like that is the answer but its not hitting me yet. My meter will tone and show OL for open line when i screw up and dont have it set properly.
