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| I have a basically brand new cranking battery boat was purchased last july, i took the battery out of the boat in oct. i went to charge oit and it shows the amps as 1, should this battery be that low? Could the water level in the battery be low? |
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Location: Des Moines IA | If it's only taking 1 amp charge, it's probably fully charged.
Edited by MuskieMike 3/30/2011 5:18 PM
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | Take it back as most companies will offer an exchange for most of the value. Sounds llike you got a bad batt.
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Location: Cedarburg, Wisconsin | Are you saying the charger read 1 amp when you tried to charge the battery? If so, it means the batter is almost fully charged. If you had a meter and it read 1 volt then you'd be in big trouble. A fully charged battery is about 12.68V when resting. If it is lower than that, say 12.3V, it needs charging. Then if it says 1 amp when charging you have a problem unless you are using a trickle charger and then it wouldn't mean anything again. If your volts are low, you have a 10 amp or bigger charger, the battery is at the correct level, and it reads 1 amp when you try charging, then the battery is bad for sure.
Edited by Almost-B-Good 3/30/2011 4:42 PM
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| Was the battery cold when you tried to charge it? Cold batteries resist charge and small chargers may not have enough output voltage to force a charge in.
Best Guess, it is probably charged. |
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