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Old 11-10-2009, 10:59 PM   #234 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
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90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by vpoppv View Post
I was also really hard on them today: I got the voltage down to 53v at one point. I heard them hissing and spitting at me My car has so much personality, I love it!
Holey moley! The only time I caused a battery to hiss and spit, I killed it! (So much talk of killing today, not sure why...) Reversed a cell by drawing voltage too low, then it began charging at 125 amps or whatever I was drawing at the time - that's where the hissing & spitting comes from.

I'd have a quick look-see with the DMM at each battery in your pack to see if you can find an obviously ailing one!
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