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Re: Batteries

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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
This is pretty unusual for batteries to be bad out of the box. Although I can't open the file (I will try from work tomorrow) it would appear that the battery might not have fully charged. This can occur when there is a high resistance connection to the charger. I would double check all electrical connections, charge it up and try it again.
It is interesting to note here that an 18 AH battery cannot supply 18 amps for one hour. The spec sheet lists the test parameters and the final test voltage vs. time but it should be noted that the battery changes output with temperature as well.
We're charging it up again and will check tomorrow night. It was definitly fully charged (left over night), I'm not sure about the connections though. I'll check it tomorrow before we test it.
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