[TR] Battery troubles

[Alex & Janet Thomson]

I agree with Bill - get a conventional style next time, if you can find one. Even my local NAPA man said to buy an old charger and have it repaired rather than buy a "new, improved, new technology, it's faster, more efficient, easier, etc., etc." type of charger. I laugh when I see newer, fancier chargers with all of these different settings that recognize all of the different battery types - does the vehicle's alternator have all of those settings????

Use an old style charger and just monitor with a volt meter. 

Alex Thomson

-----Original Message-----
From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of bill beecher
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 9:38 AM
To: Chris Simo
Cc: list Triumph
Subject: Re: [TR] Battery troubles

Call the manufacturer and ask them if it is telling you if a known good battery Is  bad. 

If it’s like my new Shumacher(sp?) charger it require some juice to work.  If the battery is 100% flat, it won’t see it.  Also, you cannot use as a power supply while bench testing anything.   It does have the Reddit’s that tell you what the voltage it or the percentage of charge.  

I’ll buy a conventional style next time.  

My two cents,
Bill B

#dontkillgrandma

On Oct 15, 2020, at 8:30 AM, Chris Simo <ccsimonsen at gmail.com> wrote:


My Tr4 hasn't gotten out at all this summer.   I put my new battery charger on it -  It's all electronic  vs my old one that just had a 3 position switch and an analog meter.

This new charger is quite fancy, it will tell you if the battery is connected backwards,  light a light with a bad battery, etc.  Trouble is I"m not sure I trust it.

I've had this thing tell me 4 batteries are bad.  I havent been driving my truck, my wife hasn't been driving her Z4,  and my mom's car battery showed bad as well....

I think I'm going to buy an old school charger and see what happens.  It's cheaper than buying one of the four batteries....

Or they just sat so long they died.....     Anyone have experience with those newer fancy chargers?  Any issues or concerns?

Thanks!
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