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Re: Battery question

To: skye@jungle.direct.ca
Subject: Re: Battery question
From: aurora-guy@juno.com (Eric Klos)
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 16:06:47 -0500
>Quick question, is it normal for a 12V battery to make bubbling noises 
>when
>connected to a 12V/12A charger? (out of the car)
>
>Haven't done this in a while, can't recall it doing this last time.  
>Had
>it connected for over 2 hours and the charger never read over 25% 
>charge,
>my guess is the battery is shot.



When it is bubbling, it is the electrolyte boiling due to severe
overcharge.  Being that you said that it never went over 25% charge, I
would say it is time to get a new battery.  On that note, has anyone
tried the Optimus battery?  Any thoughts/opinions?



Eric Klos <aurora-guy@juno.com>  Harrison Twp. MI
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