Re: (ET) Battery failure?

[Christopher Zach <czach computer org>]

I'd say buy a battery load tester. This is a device that clamps onto the 
battery posts and puts a 75-100 amp load on the battery, then measures 
voltage. Chances are one of your batteries has a bad cell.

You could just take a coat hanger, dunk it in a bucket of water, then 
wire that up to each battery and check voltage but for $50 I'd go to 
Sears.com and get the right model.

Chris
willaim att net wrote:
> Hello Group: 
> My E12 has started to lose speed and endurance. The batteries are 
> old but all measure about 6.1 VDC after use. There are no warm cables or 
> terminals. The drive and mower motors don't get hot. The fuel gage goes to mid 
> red fairly quickly while mowing. It won't go very long in 4th gear. After full 
> timer charge the gage goes to upper 1/3 of Green. This degrading performance is 
> over the last 2 weeks. I'm thinking its time for getting new batteries, but I'm 
> not really sure that's the problem. Any suggestions?
>
> Is there an easy way to make an electrical capacity test on a battery 
> using a certain piece of everyday metal, an ampere gage, and stopwatch? I seem 
> to remember that on a posting way back.
>
> Thanks, Bill Alburty 66206
>
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