the lowest I have is 2 amps. Its got a timer but you can set it to
hold. I should probably just use 2amp and leave it on hold all night.
Tyler wrote:
It's common for a lead acid battery that's been discharged too far to
have high internal resistance (and therefore charge at a low rate) until
the charge starts to come up. It doesn't mean the battery is toast!
Leave it overnight on the lowest setting your charger has, and see how
it is the next day. I use a 1 amp charger myself.
Tyler
On Dec 22, 2008, at 3:00 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
So I just dont understand all this amps and such. When do you want to
charge at 40, 20, and 2? 40 is the fastest charge. I just dont
understand how it all works. I am stupid when it comes to electrical
stuff.
Peter Frederick wrote:
Discharging the battery swells the plates, and high capacity
batteries have been known to fracture with a complete discharge (deep
cycle batteries have more space between the plates to prevent this,
that's why they are larger for the same capacity).
Battery is toast if it will not accept the correct charge and rate.
Get a new one.
Peter
On Dec 22, 2008, at 4:29 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
You probably have some bad plates or shorts in there or something,
whatever, it's toast.
--R
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
alternator output if fine, 13.7 volts or so. I started it out on
the charger at 40 amps, after a while it went to overload and
turned off the charge. This charger when it goes over 17 volts I
believe it cuts it off as overload. Turned it down to 20 amps,
when a little longer then same thing. Im having to charge it at
the 2 amp setting for it not to overload. I have never understood
all that. I have some batteries I can charge at 40, some I have to
set at 20 or they will OL, and some I have to charge at 2 or they
will OL. What is the deal with that? ARe the ones that have to be
charged at the lower rate goint bad?
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:03:32 -0600 "Kaleb C. Striplin"
<[email protected]> wrote:
in case you care, it was 9 here this morning, car sitting all
weekend, dino oil, not plugged in, 190D started after 15 seconds
of glow, no problems. The 140 SD would not start though, battery
dead. Its on the charger now. Its only about 3 years old but Im
thinking its going bad. It was dead a few weeks ago, I charged
it and its been fine since. AT
taht time one of the lights inside was left on I think. Maybe
that was not the problem after all since its dead again.
Discharging the battery completely (by having a light on) puts a
severe
strain on it, perhaps the one "that broke the camel's back." If the
battery froze at the same time, that will kill it very quickly. Don't
forget to check belt tension and alternator output voltage under
load.
Craig
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89 300E, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D, 84 190D x2,
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