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leisure battery maintenance question

martyc5674 · 2009-06-20 16:22:29

Hi, Leisure batt in van i got wasnt holding charge the best (havent driven van a whole pile yet) but it was getting up to 12/13V all the time but would run down quick enough again. Took it out last night and put in on charge overnight...and now its knackered!!...6V!! Went to halfords and the leisure batts there are 175€!!…

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#32 12-04-2013 12:22pm
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It's a £5 hydrometer in halfords for testing the specific gravity of the electrolyte.

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#33 12-04-2013 2:54pm
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Have you moved the van yet because the acid in the battery may have stratified if its been stationary. If it has been driving about then I wouldn't worry until is had a few charge discharge cycles at decent current.

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