11-23-2019, 12:07 PM
As usual, sound info. I have followed the same advice of periodically charging my starter battery overnight and I think thats what prolonged its lifespan. Also the new WM starter battery I put in came partially charged, maybe 75% if you can believe my craptastic HF Centex 10/2 charger dial. I did leave it on appx 15 hours, the first 3 hrs on 10 amp then dropped it down to the 2 amp setting for appx 12 more. By then the needle was all the way over and if accurate, it wasn't accepting much at all. I didn't ever check terminal voltage that following day, but it spins the v6 over easily even when it is in the 20’s.
I’d like to rig up a through the ciggie plug little 10 watt solar panel on the dash, I’d think that minimal current would be ok even without a charge regulator. As long as it would “backfeed” the starting battery but Im not sure as that outlet goes dead after about 10 minutes, so perhaps it won’t feed the battery?
I’d like to rig up a through the ciggie plug little 10 watt solar panel on the dash, I’d think that minimal current would be ok even without a charge regulator. As long as it would “backfeed” the starting battery but Im not sure as that outlet goes dead after about 10 minutes, so perhaps it won’t feed the battery?
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