Re: battery drains dead

Posted by JMOR on October 28, 2008 at 15:09:23 from (76.185.84.22):

In Reply to: battery drains dead posted by mkirsch on October 28, 2008 at 13:35:21:

El Toro said: (quoted from post at 17:05:36 10/28/08) That's probably a master switch that someone has installed and it should prevent the battery from draining. The military has used these for years. Measure the battery electrolyte with a hydrometer to what reading you get. A fully charged battery should read around 1.260 or better. I would put the battery on a charger overnight then check each battery cell and compare the readings. They should be close to one another. If one read's 1.100 and the rest read 1.260 or better then discard the battery and check your charging voltage at the battery with a volt meter when you get a new battery. Should read 7.25 volts on a 6 volt battery and 14.0 volts ona 12 volt battery with the engine at 1/2 throttle or better. Hal PS: If the battery readings are ok on the old battery you still need to check the charging voltage.

Let us know how the hydrometer works out on the Optima battery, OK?

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