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Looks like with depth of four batts.... you can easily do 30 miles. Stays at 24v on dash voltmeter.
not sure why yet but Tues. on its typical 30 mile round trip of late I saw 24v. NOT 28v like usual.... G!@#$% gut punch. No alternator charging
Anyway...... to work and back home is approx 30miles. (getting 6mpg if anyone cares). Half of round trip requires headlights (return trip). Do not have LED lights and one headlight is Halogen for brighter view on driver side.
. No problems at all with transmission.
. Lights do not seem to dim.
. 200amp Hummer alt.... so found no reason to drop to two batts.; thus still running four thankfully. More reserve to use.
. the four are 12v type 24 standard Lead Acid batts. (Everstart)
. Wed morning prior to charging... all the batts were between 12.2v and 12.5v. Forgot to mentally record which were at what. (see reference bottom of this post
- back pair by chassis rail... where 12v lights pull their juice from if I recall right.. dropped to 60% charge. both days (looses 40% charge).
>>>>After an hour and half of charge that 12v pair is up to 80% (according to smart charger read out) It charges at 15amp. (will finish top off in morning.
- Center road side pair seems to loose lot less volts..
>>>> one 10amp charger on that 12v pair. tops them up in about hour and a half.
Friday is first day will have full day available and can risk pulling things apart to trouble shoot. Next day will be Sunday. (other days have to worry about butting things up to get to work... now that it is my only transport... cant take that risk so its charge only.
reference chart for 12v lead acid (generic) at resting voltage
12V Flooded Lead Acid Batteries
not sure why yet but Tues. on its typical 30 mile round trip of late I saw 24v. NOT 28v like usual.... G!@#$% gut punch. No alternator charging
Anyway...... to work and back home is approx 30miles. (getting 6mpg if anyone cares). Half of round trip requires headlights (return trip). Do not have LED lights and one headlight is Halogen for brighter view on driver side.
. No problems at all with transmission.
. Lights do not seem to dim.
. 200amp Hummer alt.... so found no reason to drop to two batts.; thus still running four thankfully. More reserve to use.
. the four are 12v type 24 standard Lead Acid batts. (Everstart)
. Wed morning prior to charging... all the batts were between 12.2v and 12.5v. Forgot to mentally record which were at what. (see reference bottom of this post
- back pair by chassis rail... where 12v lights pull their juice from if I recall right.. dropped to 60% charge. both days (looses 40% charge).
>>>>After an hour and half of charge that 12v pair is up to 80% (according to smart charger read out) It charges at 15amp. (will finish top off in morning.
- Center road side pair seems to loose lot less volts..
>>>> one 10amp charger on that 12v pair. tops them up in about hour and a half.
Friday is first day will have full day available and can risk pulling things apart to trouble shoot. Next day will be Sunday. (other days have to worry about butting things up to get to work... now that it is my only transport... cant take that risk so its charge only.
reference chart for 12v lead acid (generic) at resting voltage
12V Flooded Lead Acid Batteries
Voltage | Capacity |
---|---|
12.64V | 100% |
12.53V | 90% |
12.41V | 80% |
12.29V | 70% |
12.18V | 60% |
12.07V | 50% |
11.97V | 40% |
11.87V | 30% |
11.76V | 20% |
11.63V | 10% |
11.59V | 0% |
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