Thread: Warming up the batteries
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Unread 16-12-2010, 10:04
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Re: Warming up the batteries
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Originally Posted by thelittlesister View Post
Maybe some one here can help us. Our battery will drop from 12-13 volts to 9-8 in 1 minute of just being plugged in no matter what the temperature is. This happens with all of our batteries and we can't figure out why. Temperature doesn't affect it and neither does the amount of time that is charging. We have done research to solve our problem but have had no luck. We are afraid that we might have the same problem next year because we can fix it if we can't diagnose it! Can anyone help? Thanks

-Ally
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Ally,

It sounds like you may have a faulty battery charger.

Mike
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