Thursday, December 10, 2009

Batteries Continued

The 8D is on its second charge/desulfate  at 2amp and as of this morning all appear to be a go.  I'm thinking it should be fully charged and on a "float" charge by this evening.   Crossing my fingers this will be the case.



Update 3 p.m. Dec 10:  The battery is now on a "float" charge.  I may lug the other 8D in and start it charging tonight. I can then check the voltage of the charged one after it "rests" for 12 hours.

Update 5 p.m.:  I've disconnected the charger and now have 13.07 volts!  I'm excited about that!  I'll re-check tomorrow again.  I've now hooked up the other 8D and it tested at 7.59 volts to start.  I'm charging it just like the last one and hope for the same results.  I've decided to use my two-wheeler as the new battery cart -



I think I'll fabricate a second tier for the 3 deep cycle house batteries to sit on.  This will make it easy to wheel them in & out of the RV and to keep them charged.  I plan on keeping them indoors and out of the heat going forward.

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