"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On 21 May 2004 15:07:58 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:
There is no logic at all in a position that says the battery is not
"fully
charged" until the reading declines .6 volt.
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There is a great deal of logic however in saying that 12.6 is the
normal resting voltage of a fully charged battery. That is the
condition most people will be interested in. Evaluating the state of
charge of a battery still connected to a charger/eliminator makes very
little sense, and that is really what this whole discussion is all
about.
This is the point I was trying to politely make to Gould. If you listen to
his story half the newbie boaters will be filing into West Marine to buy new
batteries when the ones they have are likely to be perfectly fine.
Eisboch