Battery Charging Voltage Jumping all over the place?
Hello everyone,
I just salvaged a small, 50AH FLA battery from a Tractor. The Battery has seen 2~3 calendar years. It was showing 11.38 Volts sitting on the shelf since 3 months so I thought it was good and I brought it for a bargain.
I brought it home and connected it to my Intelligent charger which claims to support (Automatic)-
Deep discharge Charging
Boost Charging
Absorbtion Charge
Tricke Charge
Equization Charge
Automatic Charge Current and voltage regulation with Temperature compensated charging.
The charger is currently showing "Boost charge" at about 12 Amperes. Problem is,the Charging voltage seems to Jump from 13.1v all the way to 14.2V (like under 10 sec) I hooked my DMM to the battery terminals which comfirmed the same.
Sometimes the voltage also reaches 14.4v and the Charger goes into "Equalization Charge" but falls back to Boost charge at 13.5v or something odd.
I would like to ask,
What is the reason for this and is it safe? Shall i keep it connected for a day or two?
Hello everyone,
I just salvaged a small, 50AH FLA battery from a Tractor. The Battery has seen 2~3 calendar years. It was showing 11.38 Volts sitting on the shelf since 3 months so I thought it was good and I brought it for a bargain.
I brought it home and connected it to my Intelligent charger which claims to support (Automatic)-
Deep discharge Charging
Boost Charging
Absorbtion Charge
Tricke Charge
Equization Charge
Automatic Charge Current and voltage regulation with Temperature compensated charging.
The charger is currently showing "Boost charge" at about 12 Amperes. Problem is,the Charging voltage seems to Jump from 13.1v all the way to 14.2V (like under 10 sec) I hooked my DMM to the battery terminals which comfirmed the same.
Sometimes the voltage also reaches 14.4v and the Charger goes into "Equalization Charge" but falls back to Boost charge at 13.5v or something odd.
I would like to ask,
What is the reason for this and is it safe? Shall i keep it connected for a day or two?
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