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[Closed] Leisure batteries & charging

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Hi All
I have a leisure battery, 90Ah, which we had with a caravan. it has been left for 12months without charge, topped up with deionised water and put on charge for about 12 hours. when i have checked the voltage, getting 0.02.

Is it gone or am I missing the point, yes volt meter set to DC and 20v range


 
Posted : 30/05/2014 10:15 pm
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0.02v?!

What does it read whilst the charger is charging it?

What does it read whilst charging a known good battery?

Unless the charger is faulty it sounds kaput, although with patience you can sometimes revive a battery but I can't remember how...google will know.


 
Posted : 30/05/2014 10:24 pm
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either your volt meter is broken or your batter
a battery is 50% flat at 12.4 volts and 0.02 is not a battery.
You could not get that low out a flat AA battery i would imagine
I doubt you will get close to recovering it if it is the battery

IME - lived on a boat anything around 10 -11 they do not recover from that as they wont hold a charge beyond a few days.


 
Posted : 30/05/2014 10:32 pm
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I'd say that battery is gone


 
Posted : 30/05/2014 10:55 pm