From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 25/12/21 2:25 pm, Michael Trew wrote:   
   > On 12/24/2021 15:24, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   >> 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   
   >   
   > Yes.  I believe it was set to "200" A/C instead of "20" D/C.   
   >   
   > Surprisingly, I was able to use a huge old heavy duty battery charger to   
   > bring the 2.4 volt battery (the new one) back to life.  Hopefully I   
   > didn't damage it too much by letting it drain down that far.   
      
   Slow charge it.   
      
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