charger question

bokeasmowl

I know my batteries are on their way out, but when I plugged in my charger today, the charger only jumped to 10 amps and the needle twitches. It has been pretty cold here lately and figured that the cold sucked out the last bit of life from the batteries.

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scottyb

What is the voltage reading on the pack?

dougmcp

In cold temps with low batteries it may take awhile for the amperage to come up but it should. I don't see anything to worry about.

rabbitreborn

I've had chargers start at low amperage and climb up to full, then decrease as the charge increases. Check the amperage about an hour or 2 after plugging it in and hopefully it will have risen.

bokeasmowl

just went out and checked it again. The charger had shut off. Unplugged the charger, turned the key, hit the pedal and all it does is shudder. It's probably been plugged in for a hour or so. Plugged in the charger and the same thing, jumped to 10 amps but then quickly fell to 5 amps. I think the batteries are toast. Still haven't got a decent VM yet.

golfcarfixer

How old are the batteries? You might get by with just putting in a good used one to make it last a little while longer.

dougmcp

Make sure all your battery connections are clean tight.

bokeasmowl

connections are nice and clean, batteries are less than 1 1/2 yrs old, Trojan 875's......but I believe I've ruined them due to poor maintenance.

rabbitreborn

hit the accelerator with the seat off and take individual voltage readings til you find the bad battery or batteries. You definately have 1 or more out of wack.

bokeasmowl

can the bad ones be replaced? I thought you should only replace batteries as a set?