Thanks for all of the great help.
I slow charged the battery yesterday then left it disconnected overnight -
the voltage dropped from 13.56 to 10.43 with no cables attached. I bought
a replacement today.
I learned a lot from all of the responses I received.
Thanks again
Preston
At 06:41 PM 9/8/01, you wrote:
>My battery would not start my car - it grunted a couple of times and
>died. I slow charged it - all was well and the car started. Next day, as
>it had previously, the battery gave a couple of grunts and would not start
>the engine. I removed the two caps - each of which covers three
>cells. One cell was dry so i added distilled water and slow charged it
>again. I have nothing to check the specific gravity but my digital meter
>shows 13.08 v across the posts.
>
>Does this reading signify a good battery (or bad) battery?
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Betti Ann & Preston Smith
Head of St Margaret's Bay, NS
prsmith@ns.sympatico.ca
MGB & RV Owners
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