Well it is up in the teens and my 2000 f150 started right up. While running it was reading 14.70 volts and when shut off it had 12.81 volts. That meter didn't test dc amps.
Thanks.
Maybe it was froze up a little. Not very comforting when you depend on it to start. Guess I'll take back to wally world and have it checked in the next couple days. Probably get it load tested at Oreilly's just for comparison.
I was just wondering if anyone (in the collective thousands of years of experience) had any experience with ice on the battery making it discharge. Particularly since my tractor battery sits out in the open all the time in the rain, sleet, snow, and ice. Apparently not. But I never knew a battery would freeze. Maybe something with the acid to water ratio?
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