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Battery #439016 08/15/09 04:15 PM 08/15/09 04:15 PM
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,534 Florida C CHRGR69 OP pro stock
CHRGR69 OP pro stock C Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,534 Florida	What is an acceptable state of charge?? Grandma always said I had "hands of gold"!

Re: Battery [Re: CHRGR69] #439017 08/15/09 04:24 PM 08/15/09 04:24 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,670 A Andrewh master
Andrewh master A Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,670	what? do you mean volts? Around 14 to 14.5 any higher and you cook it. Do you mean amps? Not sure how you would measure that. Do you mean sitting around with a drain? like do you need a tender or what?

Re: Battery [Re: Andrewh] #439018 08/15/09 04:27 PM 08/15/09 04:27 PM
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,534 Florida C CHRGR69 OP pro stock
CHRGR69 OP pro stock C Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,534 Florida	I thought it was a straight forward question. Yes volts. Sitting, driving, whatever. Don't complicate it! Grandma always said I had "hands of gold"!

Re: Battery [Re: CHRGR69] #439019 08/15/09 04:32 PM 08/15/09 04:32 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	I was going to say 1.260 for a hydrometer reading (talk about old school ) live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: Battery [Re: CHRGR69] #439020 08/15/09 05:48 PM 08/15/09 05:48 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 199 douglasville,ga R ramrod member
ramrod member R Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 199 douglasville,ga	I've never bothered to look it up in the FSM, but 13.8v to 14.2v at idle with no load has always been my rule of thumb. Ambient temp has an effect on this as well. "That Plymouth had a Hemi with a Torqueflite." -Driver

Re: Battery [Re: RapidRobert] #439021 08/15/09 05:50 PM 08/15/09 05:50 PM
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,534 Florida C CHRGR69 OP pro stock
CHRGR69 OP pro stock C Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,534 Florida	Quote: I was going to say 1.260 for a hydrometer reading (talk about old school ) I have one of those too! Grandma always said I had "hands of gold"!

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