battery charging and death

[Ed Kellock]

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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