Once it goes past 10.5V the damage is terminal.
Starter batteries do not like being fully discharged AT ALL and it doing so has condemned it. The plates have warped and dissolved beyond it's ability to recover.
.. it's shagged
How to check battery drain properly with an multi meter
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Re: How to check battery drain properly with an multi meter
Sorry but that battery has been destroyed.
Once it goes past 10.5V the damage is terminal.
Starter batteries do not like being fully discharged AT ALL and it doing so has condemned it. The plates have warped and dissolved beyond it's ability to recover.
.. it's shagged
Once it goes past 10.5V the damage is terminal.
Starter batteries do not like being fully discharged AT ALL and it doing so has condemned it. The plates have warped and dissolved beyond it's ability to recover.
.. it's shagged
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Re: How to check battery drain properly with an multi meter
^^^^ Sad but true.
0.09 amps draw is actually very low (read = good) so no worries there.
0.09 amps draw is actually very low (read = good) so no worries there.
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Re: How to check battery drain properly with an multi meter
I think they had the same problem on Apollo 13
Are we going on anything else?
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