On the road, battery and charging problems
A bit of a long story. I am stumped, but can't (unwilling) to do too much on the road. In Feb, I bought and installed 2 6V AGM GC2 Lifeline batteries. At home, plugged into 30 amp circuit, my Zamp ...
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I installed 8 lifeline gpl-4ct (6v gc-2) last November on a boat.
Each one measured 6.56v +/- 0.02 when I opened their boxes. 13.12v per pair.
Each pair settled to a resting 13.16v after charging a few hours at 14.4v.
220 ah of New healthy depleted lifeline agm batteries will take a long time for a peasly low.amperage partially insane schumacher shop to shore charger to raise their voltage.
What amperage is it capable of?
10 amps ? pfft.
The state of charge display on Schumacher chargers should be ignored and mocked ruthleesly.
A pair of well depleted lifleline gpl-4cts should see no less than 42 amps initial charge cUrrent.
Lifeline tech manual pdf explicitly says no less than 20 amps per 100 ah of capacity in deep cycle duty.
Id say you have a charger problem...not a battery problem....yet.
Get a dc clampmeter.
Need to know amperage into charging batteries, as voltage alone can be and obviously was, misleading.
Each one measured 6.56v +/- 0.02 when I opened their boxes. 13.12v per pair.
Each pair settled to a resting 13.16v after charging a few hours at 14.4v.
220 ah of New healthy depleted lifeline agm batteries will take a long time for a peasly low.amperage partially insane schumacher shop to shore charger to raise their voltage.
What amperage is it capable of?
10 amps ? pfft.
The state of charge display on Schumacher chargers should be ignored and mocked ruthleesly.
A pair of well depleted lifleline gpl-4cts should see no less than 42 amps initial charge cUrrent.
Lifeline tech manual pdf explicitly says no less than 20 amps per 100 ah of capacity in deep cycle duty.
Id say you have a charger problem...not a battery problem....yet.
Get a dc clampmeter.
Need to know amperage into charging batteries, as voltage alone can be and obviously was, misleading.
