Tim Good
Well-known member
I bought a new 12v Gel battery yesterday. I got in the car and I happened to have my multi meter so I checked the voltage. It was only 12v. I went back into the shop and they said because it’s new and hasn’t been cycled that it’ll be fine. Charge it for 13 hours and it’ll be ok.
So I took it home and put it on charge but the intelligent charger which is suitable for Gel, charged it for about 5 mins before saying it was full.
I checked the voltage and it was12.6 but dropping rapidly which is expected if it was only getting a 14.5v charge for 5 minutes.
Please don’t reply just saying take it back to the shop. I’m 2 hours from the nearest town ( France) so id like to hear from people who technically know if it’s probably goosed from sitting on the shop shelf for too long?
So I took it home and put it on charge but the intelligent charger which is suitable for Gel, charged it for about 5 mins before saying it was full.
I checked the voltage and it was12.6 but dropping rapidly which is expected if it was only getting a 14.5v charge for 5 minutes.
Please don’t reply just saying take it back to the shop. I’m 2 hours from the nearest town ( France) so id like to hear from people who technically know if it’s probably goosed from sitting on the shop shelf for too long?