Better way to check battery SG?
I keep thinking there must be a better way to check battery SG. A good hydrometer is almost ideal, the issue I keep having is the top of the float wanting to rest on the glass making repeatable meas...
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Gdetrailer wrote:
All I have ever used for batteries is the simplest, cheapest "ball" type in a tube Hydrometer..
Sort of like this one..
All of the balls rise, the battery is fully charged..
Simple, cheap and effective.
These work ok to tell if a battery is well on it's way out, but not real good at an accurate SG cell to cell comparison. And all balls rise usually means SG is between about 1.250 and 1.300, a pretty noticeable difference in battery real condition.
But yes, they will tell you if you've got a cell or battery heading south.
