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Re: Warming up the batteries

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Originally Posted by Don Rotolo View Post
While measuring the voltage across the battery terminals, connect the 1 Ohm load (the wire or resistor) also across the battery's terminals.
Don, any advice on safe (ie sparks and heat) and effective (ie minimize extra resistance due to poor connection) ways to do this ?

Also, where did the "10 volts after 15 seconds at 12 amps" rule come from?

According to the datasheet, a new battery should still read 12 volts after 16 minutes at 18 amps.




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Last edited by Ether : 17-12-2010 at 09:25.