Hi Folks,
An update of battery testing and discharge readings.
I performed a battery recondition using my charger with a recondition phase in its 7 stages of operation. I followed Drivesafes procedure detailed above in this thread.
Charge for a day, disconnected overnight.
Battery took 3 days before it no longer went through the recondition stage. ie day 4 did not perform the recondition stage.
I let the charger go to the last float stage and disconnected.
The car sat overnight.
I then performed a battery State Of Charge (SOC) test as detailed above in this thread.
Opened car and bonnet then let it shut down.
Results were:
Start:12.60v headlights off to 12.05v headlights on
After 5 minutes 12.01v
End: 12.29v headlights off to 12.45v after 3 minutes then 12.55v after a further 3 minutes.
I then put the battery on charge for a day with it finishing in the float stage of the charger.
The car was double locked and sat overnight.
The car has no brake controller connected.
I tested the battery voltage each morning via an Anderson connector I have available in the bull bar as follows:
Day 1:12.81v
Day 2:12.77v
Day 3:12.71v
Day 4:12.67v
I will update for as long as the car sits idle (and that could be some time as parts of Vic are again in lockdown.)
Preliminary impressions:
Battery has held up better in SOC test and the discharge readings each morning.
Regards
GIL
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