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Old 01-09-2009, 12:09 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bennelson View Post
A fully charged lead-acid battery will have something like 12.8V (divide all these numbers in half if you are using 6V batts!)

As you use up your charge, the voltage will drop, but half a charge is NOT going to be 6 volts, it's going to be just over 12.
That makes me even more curious what is going on with mine. Normal charge is 14.7 (16 very briefly on 1 bat) on all four DieHards. Then they all settle down after the charge to about 13.4 .

Terrible distance- less and less power after about 5 miles. They act nearly depleted and start an odd whine when parking, but only reads mid 11s. On one trip; I went about 5 miles and they died. 2 hours later went home the same 5 miles with no charge or anything- went fine, but read 11.5 average..

Interesting chart! Thanks Ben.

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