time for a new battery.

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mark ward
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time for a new battery.

Post by mark ward » Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:30 pm

IF, AGM uses WATER, If water is low it will show good voltage but have low putout.
--- On Mon, 3/21/11, Jud wrote: From: Jud Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Time for a new battery. To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 6:15 PM Leave your VOM on there and push the starter button. If the voltage drops below 10v, you will know your battery is done (as if you didn't know already). --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Doug Herr wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 08:38 -0700, Doug Herr wrote: > [snip] > > Once suited up, I hit the starter button and it went out just like a > > fuse blew. The battery shows about 15 volts [snip] > > Ack. My VOM meter *also* needed a new battery. With a fresh 9volt > battery in there, it shows my old/dead? AGM at 12.68V. > > So the death of the AGM was a case of *pop* and it won't push out > amperage anymore, but is still showing as fully changed based on the > voltage reading. > > -- > Doug Herr > A16 in Oakland, California > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Jim Tegler
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kenda k270 seating the bead

Post by Jim Tegler » Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:42 pm

Howdy Todd, Great story. Glad that you're still with us!! You definitely have "stooge" potential. Jim A5

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