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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Battery charge level

Posted by: Dave_Darling May 8 2007, 01:13 AM

I zeroed the battery (Optima red-top) on my way back from the autoX last Sunday. Took the battery out and stuck it on a charger on Tuesday for about 16 hours. It's been sitting since Wednesday, which I thought would be long enough to bleed off the surface charge. I dug out the DMM tonight, and found the voltage across the posts was 14.25V. Uh wha????

Does anyone know if the Optima will hold a higher level of charge in a no-load condition without any bleed-down? This just doesn't make sense to me....

--DD

Posted by: bd1308 May 8 2007, 02:32 PM

put a load on it

Posted by: RoninEclipse2G May 8 2007, 03:09 PM

QUOTE(bd1308 @ May 8 2007, 02:32 PM)

put a load on it

+1 connect to car, turn on headlights, retest

Posted by: bd1308 May 8 2007, 09:45 PM

most autoparts places do a load test on the battery too