I think I have seen a charger that has a percent-full type of meter such as
yours. My guess is that is an expanded scale voltmeter where 0% might be
10V, 50% might be 11.5V and 100% is 14V. If that's the case, my experience
is that a battery that never gets above 10 or 11 volts probably has a
shorted cell and will need to be replaced. I agree that your best bet is to
have the battery load tested - that's the best way to determine its
condition. Perhaps the meter on the charger is incorrect. You could also
check the charging voltage with a regular voltmeter.
Alex Thomson
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From: triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Sujit Roy
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 5:59 PM
To: Triumphs
Subject: [TR] Is there a problem with my battery?
I'm using a standard battery charger to charge my battery. It's been on for
about 12 hours and the meter needle is sitting between 1/2 Full and Full.
It doesn't read FULL. When charged with the battery charger in the past, the
charger would read full. The Stag don't get used much at all. The battery
does start the car.
Is the battery faulty? I have been stranded once.
Sujit
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