"navti" wrote in message
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On May 24, 11:36 am, Charlie Morgan wrote:
On 24 May 2007 01:09:19 -0700, navti wrote:

the latest is both batteries are now sitting at 11.66 V
after 6hrs trickle charge.

what voltage should they go to when they are fully charged (assuming
they arent totally dead ) ?

Even if they take a full charge and reach the correct voltage, they have
lost
capacity. They are probably now 30 amp hour batteries, rather than the
110 you
paid for. They are damaged.


they were manufactured in November 2003 according to the distributor
(serial K3 )

according to the dealer i bought them from they have never been used
since then

he reckons once they are fully charged up they will be ok

this is doing my head in,

can anyone give me instructions on how to test his claim

1) charge them for 24 hrs and get them as close to 13v as they will go

2) let them settle for 24 hours

3) test voltage again

4) do a load test



You bought batteries that have layed around for 4 years?? I have to
assume you rec'd a 'big' discount.
At this point I'd call the manufacturer and talk to their technical dept.