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When I got my truck I got a second charger that can do at least 10 Amp.
It will be slow but you will get here. If you have a way to take them to
a shop that would help more. But you have to work with what you have and
sometimes you only have the one charger or no vehicle to use as back up.
Toping off the water is one reason I won't go with a maintenance free battery.
AGM is a story all by it's self.
Good luck keep warm. Speaking of warm a warm battery will do better on the
output. Not sure how it will effect the charging but I bet it would.
Sean
It will be slow but you will get here. If you have a way to take them to
a shop that would help more. But you have to work with what you have and
sometimes you only have the one charger or no vehicle to use as back up.
Toping off the water is one reason I won't go with a maintenance free battery.
AGM is a story all by it's self.
Good luck keep warm. Speaking of warm a warm battery will do better on the
output. Not sure how it will effect the charging but I bet it would.
Sean
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Either charge them longer and hope they bounce back or bite the bullet and replace them
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At about 30 degrees I'm guessing. I took them out and have them in my garage now. I'm no battery expert lol. I usually work on trains for a living not trucks
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I took a different path into heavy equipment and welding.
Well... 12.3 volts at 30 degrees is low, but not as bad as 12.3 volts at 60
Might be good to take them for a load test at this point.
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Good news. Batts tested between 860 and 900cca. Put them in the truck and hooked one up to my step dads jeep and the other to our vary charger. Pulled my fillter out of the 911 and put it in. Cycles the key 6 times to get fuel through the system and warm up the fuel in the fuel bowl. Truck started on the secand try and stayed running. Took her up town to give her a full belly and a double dose of power service. Was so glad to have red back that I couldn't resist kicking it sideways coming out of the station lol. Thanks to everyone for their input and helping me get her going. Maybe my simple 21 year old mind learned a thing or two from this.
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Windchill here this morning was -42 C, about the same when looking at Fahrenheit. Absolute temp was -27 C. Windchill is the relative rate at which something cools. Absolute temp is the temp it will actually cool down to. Your truck does feel it, as the wind is making it cool down at a rate comparable to -42 C, when in fact the lowest actual temperature it will drop to is -27. Think of your truck as a cup of coffee and mother nature blowing to cool it off.
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