[C320-list] 10V battery-how?, alt to Exide, charging different batteries?

[Chris Burti]

Pat,
Try your local auto parts store, most of them can get Exide batteried
from their distributor and mine beat the prices from Sams, Walmart,
Advance and the internet after deducting the core charge. He was not
an "Exide Dealer" per se.

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Pat Ireland <cherie320 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 10V battery-how?, alt to Exide, charging different batteries?
>
> One battery registered a bit over 10V when checked on Sunday.  Charged for
> about 10 minutes and checked again.  Both batteries registered close to
> 13V.
>
> Upon inspection, one of the battery terminals showed some corrosion, so I
> cleaned all of the connections.  While the ground was off each battery, the
> voltage registered about 10V.  When all assembled, both batteries registered
> about 12.75V.  Both batteries started the engine with no problem.
>
> It looks like we initially had one battery isolated from the buss with
> corrosion.  The charger broke through that corrosion to establish
> continuity.
>
> Is that analysis likely correct, or is it more likely that the battery has
> an internal short on one cell that was removed by the charger?
>
> Given option 2, it's time to replace the batteries.  Really like the Exide
> commercial option, but no dealers in the area.  CA is sunny but not all is
> rosy.   Is the Exide sold under any other brand?  Interstate has an 4D-XHD
> that sounds quite similar.  1000CCA, 1250CA......  Any possibility that it
> is the same battery?
>
> Also, the normal advice is to replace both batteries when one goes bad.
> Logical, except, that with the addition of a starting battery in position 1
> and connecting both 4Ds as a house battery in position 2, you get two
> significantly different batteries.  How does the charging balance?  I can
> understand the mode of operation where you keep the two banks isolated, but
> It was my understanding that both banks get charged regardless of switch
> position.
>
> DC Challenged, Pat, 801
>



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