is the battery toast?
Race Director
Joined: Dec 1999
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From: Forked River NJ
Re: is the battery toast? (munday)
A fully charged battery should have around 13.5 volts. Check the voltage when you try to start it. If it drops way down the battery is probably toast or the selonoid is drawing to much power.
Racer
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 275
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From: NY
Re: is the battery toast? (munday)
Batteries are strange. They will show good voltage even when they are almost dead. The only way to check for sure is to go thru each cell with a hydrometer to register the specific gravity. A dead cell ='s a dead bat. This is a dying art 'cause for 80 bucks or so you can shot-gun the bat.
