Lifeline Battery Recovery experiences?
I had a thread about our Magnum MS2812 going into Fault code mode overnight while boon docking. Posted under Magnum because I first thought I may have had a problem with my program parameters, and pos...
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Smitty77 wrote:
So Gordon - In the boating community, you're saying their's a high probability of these becoming non environmental friendly boat anchors:)!
We come off of this trip mid April, and will limp along as needed.
As I've read here, and elsewhere many times - a non resting battery voltage read is not a true measurement of the batteries voltage. We're moving sites today, but when we get to the new site (Same campground.) I'll make sure the bank is fully charged again. Then we'll turn off all power draw for 3-4 hours, and I'll take a reading at the batteries again.
Question: I'm not disconnecting cables, so these 4 6V's are connected. When I'm taking individual battery readings of interconnected batteries, are they valid or off because they're interconnected? (Really want to see what the 4.15 and 4.5V batteries reading of two days ago, look like after Conditioning cycles.)
TIA,
Smitty
I'm glad Mex joined this thread, he's an expert and can advise you better than I. His idea to weight each battery is great, you can find out if a battery has dried up without having to drill :)
Measuring the 6v batteries, you have 2 in series and those 2 are parallel with 2 more right? I would disconnect one terminal from each battery before measuring. The parallel configuration means one series pair is constantly charging/discharging the other series pair.
When you're at your next site, and confident about having a full charge, disconnect one terminal on each battery, and see where you're at after several hours to settle.
