03 Precendent With Charging Problems

[shadowman]

the charger is working hard......those voltage #,s arn,t good but yes i would try a few full charges before scrapping them because they are only a year old...............yes i would try and bring them up.......................

[GLEEMO]

U need to leave the charger on until it completed , it should shut itself off after 16
hours if not complete.
Batteries build up a surface charge which takes 6-8 hours to completely dissipate,
so wait 6-8 hours after charge to determine true battery voltage

Then the next day do it again . keep records see if each day it gets better.
keep an eye on the water level , use only distilled to fill 1/4 to 1/2 inch above plates.

The batteries probably boil or bubble until the charger gets down to 5 amps.

[gaminde]

Any guarantee on the batteries

its not looking good !

if they are bad after charging ( may charge but it doesn't last very long )

if no warentee try the magnesium sulfate trick see if it will give you anything after a charge.

good luck

[GLEEMO]

Hang in there be patient , U may save $600.00

[HGC2010]

Thanks and will keep trying to build them up. Just wondering why there is no reading on hydrometer.

Working to save them and will do everything I can before choosing new batteries. They are being hard headed on wanting to charge up.

So why does the charger get so warm/hot? Do I need to charge in intervals?

The charger that the person has with the cart doesn't like the high amperage and must of weakened the circuit breaker.

Thanks

[OLD MEC]

If you did your hydrometer tests at least 6 hours after filling and had charger on for some time to mix distilled water this is better indication of condition than voltage tests.
I had battery pack yesterday show 50 volts and each battery 8 volts and above, but when I ran cart around for few minutes and retested I found one battery had only 2 volts and hydrometer test showed 1.140 while other batterys showed 1.275.
Im afraid your charger is trying to fill a bottomless pit so to speak with bad batterys?

[GLEEMO]

Originally Posted by OLD MEC

If you did your hydrometer tests at least 6 hours after filling and had charger on for some time to mix distilled water this is better indication of condition than voltage tests.
I had battery pack yesterday show 50 volts and each battery 8 volts and above, but when I ran cart around for few minutes and retested I found one battery had only 2 volts and hydrometer test showed 1.140 while other batterys showed 1.275.
Im afraid your charger is trying to fill a bottomless pit so to speak with bad batterys?

Yep if after fill, charge, wait.
hydromoter is really low , head to the battery shop.