Flat battery - loss of critical settings? - Page 3

HarryM1BYT · 19th May 2015, 20:25

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Originally Posted by COLVERT

HI, Simon.

Re your first comment. The green charge indicator on the battery itself.

This really is one of the best indicators of charge as it quite accurately shows the specific gravity of the acid in the battery.( 8 month old battery. )

Since the removable lids vanished we have all had to rely on much less accurate ways of checking the batteries capacity.--

Colvert'--

Whilst that is all true, the green 'pea' is only an indication of the state of that one cell. It is pefectly possible for that one cell to be good and the rest dead, I have had that happen to me.

Batteries are nortoriously difficult to diagnose reliably.

COLVERT · 22nd May 2015, 14:50

Agreed Harry. That's why I put the batteries age after my comment.

New batteries can die early but not really very often.

Colvert.---

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COLVERT This is my second home R75 Saloon. Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: France/or Devon. Posts: 14,003 Thanks: 3,851 Thanked 2,167 Times in 1,816 Posts	Agreed Harry. That's why I put the batteries age after my comment. New batteries can die early but not really very often. Colvert.---