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Old 04-30-2018, 05:06 PM   #55 (permalink)
Stubby79
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Originally Posted by samwichse View Post
Fresh batteries might make a world of difference, if the existing SLAs are high IR and sagging very low under any kind of strain. Do you have a newer pack you could test-swap in?
I was using 3 over-sized(20ah), healthy SLAs. Even so, I'll check the draw and for voltage sag. Not likely at the batteries, but could be from undersized wiring.
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