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Hello,
I have just come back from troubleshooting which really intrigued me.

When you plug in the charger with completely empty batteries, it turns off after 30 secs and lights up the green LED.

I have pluged in the battery connector from another Wave. The charger works great. Now I'm shure it was batteries.

The batteries are 1.5 years old max and slightly bulged. Manufacturer is Vtrack or something....

I checked each battery voltage - great! 6,37 V each
I checked each battery with load tester - great! 5 V each.
Now I'm confused?!...

I started replacing batteries from the other Wave.
When I changed two batteries and plugged the charger it started to charge continuously.

My tought is that it has to do something with the resistance of the batteries.

Could this trick the "smart" charger?
How can I check this batteries?

Regards!
  • Posted 30 Jan 2013 07:30
  • Modified 30 Jan 2013 07:56 by poster
  • By ivanlinaric
  • joined 16 Jan'11 - 110 messages
  • Zagreb, Croatia
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Hello Swoop,
thanks for your reply.

Tried my load tester numerous times - it's accurate!
The tester is the only load that will put push the battery to the max.

Cables OK - it wouldn't work with two new batteries.

next..... :-)
  • Posted 30 Jan 2013 22:15
  • By ivanlinaric
  • joined 16 Jan'11 - 110 messages
  • Zagreb, Croatia
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try this kind of load test
put volt meter on one battery
hit hydraulics and monitor volt meter and see how volt drop is
do each battery this way as this is better way to load test, handheld load testers sometimes are not accurate or will give false reading.

also check the terminals on cables and check cables for high resistance. could be a bad cable or connection?
  • Posted 30 Jan 2013 22:09
  • By swoop223
  • joined 23 Mar'12 - 3,691 messages
  • North Carolina, United States
You've been swooped!
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