UK Pete
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As some of you have read in another of my posts i have just replaced both my lesuire batteries, thing is what to do with my old ones
I stuck them on a car charger overnight and then set up a test i hooked up the 110a to a halogen spot light, and connected up my avo to show volts and amps
The amps were a tad under 4, and the voltage 12.5 i came back after an hour to find the light still on and shinning bright, but the voltage was down to 10.5, amps had gone down to 3.7
i switched off and came back 15 mins later to find the voltage up to 12 , so i switched the light on an got another 15mins then the amps had gone right down and the voltage was at a critical 10v
question to you guys is how Fu--ked is this battery, to my mind it still has some good use, also if it was charged with an intelligent charger there would be even more power to be had,
What should i do with it, it is 4 years old, oh yes forgot to mention the smaller 85a battery was put to the same test and only got about 1/2 hour before the dreaded 10v
pete
I stuck them on a car charger overnight and then set up a test i hooked up the 110a to a halogen spot light, and connected up my avo to show volts and amps
The amps were a tad under 4, and the voltage 12.5 i came back after an hour to find the light still on and shinning bright, but the voltage was down to 10.5, amps had gone down to 3.7
i switched off and came back 15 mins later to find the voltage up to 12 , so i switched the light on an got another 15mins then the amps had gone right down and the voltage was at a critical 10v
question to you guys is how Fu--ked is this battery, to my mind it still has some good use, also if it was charged with an intelligent charger there would be even more power to be had,
What should i do with it, it is 4 years old, oh yes forgot to mention the smaller 85a battery was put to the same test and only got about 1/2 hour before the dreaded 10v
pete