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Oct 12, 2010 | 11:50 PM

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gmammakn

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charged the pack for 1 hour after it read full - like the instructions said. I hope that is enough? I guess I know the rest of your story. You charged it correctly and your wife did not know how to use it?

Yes, 12.98 was right after I shut it off.

and here are the mA readings:

I removed the negative battery terminal and if I put the red to the terminal and black to the wire I got 0.13mA.

If I reversed that (black to terminal and red to wire) I get .02mA

I double checked the units and the decimal point. Do both of those readings seem wrong?

Oct 13, 2010 | 12:48 AM

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Those numbers seem correct.

Did you go through all the cables and their connections to make sure they were good?

Oct 13, 2010 | 05:25 AM

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Some jumpers can be charged while riding in the truck if it has a cigarette lighter plug in it by just plugging a jumper wire int the trucks cigarett lighter and running it to the jumper pack's lighter plug. That way it should be fully charged at all times.