battery charging and death

[Mike LaRosa]

battery is on the way to being toast :)  sorry Ed :(


Mike,


--- Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com> wrote:

> No connections.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike LaRosa" <mrmotoguzzi00 at yahoo.com>
> To: "Ed Kellock" <ekellock at gmail.com>;
> <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:04 AM
> Subject: Re: battery charging and death
> 
> 
> > Ed is it dropping to 12.3 still attched to the car
> ?
> > or is it doing that with no connections to the car
> ?
> > 
> > Mike,
> > 
> > --- Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > My Coupe GT had a new battery last July.  Over
> the
> > > last couple months the car has sat unused for
> longer
> > > periods of time.  It required a jump and then
> would
> > > be okay until it sat again for several days. 
> This
> > > is generally not a common problem for the car.
> > > 
> > > According to Mike LaRosa and "Tony & Lillie",
> 12.8
> > > is the baseline heathly battery charge.  After
> > > charging mine to about 13.03 on a 2-amp charge,
> it
> > > settles to about 12.3 when the charge is removed
> and
> > > then slowly starts to trickle down, the last
> reading
> > > was 11.85.  So I'm think it's dead, Jim.
> > > 
> > > So did I kill it?  I was going to use the
> > > KnowledgeBase item to check for a drain on it,
> but I
> > > figure that's moot until I get a battery that
> will
> > > hold a charge first.  
> > > 
> > > Do peiods of inactivity kill a battery?  Or just
> an
> > > already compromised battery?  Would a constant
> slow
> > > drain kill it?  Did I just get a bad battery
> from
> > > the get-go?
> > > 
> > > I've removed it and will be heading out to
> exchange
> > > it later today.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ed
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