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Bad Battery
We had a very similar problem this weekend at the Buckeye regional. We had a battery that the charger indicated as charged, our volt meter read as 13.5 V, but quickly lost its charge when put under load. I actually saw the voltage readings from one practice match. They were all over the place - from 6 up to 12 volts. The computer kept on resetting and messing with our shifting and pneumatic controls. We stopped using that battery and no longer had any problems.
About a freezing battery. I have no experience with the gel batteries, but have seen a few lead acid car batteries killed by being frozen after they lost their charge. apparently the batteries have some freeze protection while charged, but when they become discharged that protection is gone and the plates can be ruined.
Last edited by TerryDolan : 09-03-2003 at 00:53.
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