Thank you. It's good to see a little high quality science interject
itself into an otherwise degenerating discussion. :-)

All the better it supports what most of us have observed. Chuck's
electrons have become damp, slugish, and not a little bit stubborn,
having lived in the Pacific North West for so long.


Steve's hypothesis states that once the battery has achieved a full charge of
2.2 volts per cell, the decrease to 2.1
is due to an a change in the chemical concentration within the cell. Very
probable scenario.

Doesn't support any sort of position that the battery was never charged to
13.2, though, does it?

Merely explains with greater technical clarity than the term "self discharge"
why the voltage will eventually drop.

And that's the Pacific North WET, thank you very much. :-)