From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Michael Trew   wrote:   
   >On 12/23/2021 21:07, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   >> Michael Trew  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Finally, I pulled it this evening and threw another tested good (checked   
   >>> 12.7 v) battery in the car.  I am about to go drive to my evening shift   
   >>> at work.  I decided to test the old battery with the same voltage   
   >>> tester, and it tested at 27 V!!  I can't find any info on a web search   
   >>> about this issue.   
   >>   
   >> Was it a Fluke?   
   >>   
   >> What did it test as with a small load?   
   >   
   >   
   >I jumped the gun.  The voltage meter was on the wrong setting.  I didn't   
   >think that the meter was on the wrong setting, because the newer battery   
   >that I pulled out of another car happened to test at exactly 12.7 V on   
   >that same wrong setting.  What a coincidence.   
      
   Because you had it on the AC setting and it wasn't a Fluke?   
   --scott   
      
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