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Old Apr 27, 2018 | 05:03 PM
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Battery bewilderment

I want to check if my deep cycle battery is charged. I thought that if I put a volt meter on it that a fully charged battery would read 12.6 volts. I'm getting a reading of 13.4. ?!?!
 
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Old Apr 27, 2018 | 07:52 PM
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You are reading a surface charge on the battery. To see if it's really ready to go, you should get a load tester like this one at harbor freight.

 
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Thanks Franklin yes I really do need to get one of those load testers. Thank you.
 
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