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Need help testing a 6 volt battery??


beef

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I have 4 Mojo Batteries and not sure how to test them if they are charged or if they are dead... The trickle charges don't even tell me if they are charging...

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Is there a battery tester out there that will show the charge on a 6 volt battery? Also if there a tester out there that will show if the trickle charger is working..

I have, I think 2 trickle charges and can't tell if they work or not.. It seems like last year that after hunting I would take out the battery and put it on the charger for 24-48 hours and would only get 2 hours of use on it.... So I bought two batteries from Cabela's last spring at $2.00 a piece in the bargain cave... I put them on the charger four days ago and want to see if they took a full charge...

As you can tell I don't know a lot about electricity but I need to learn in a hurry...

Please Help...

Beef

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Hey Beef, the key to testing if a battery is good or not is to see if it holds a charge while under a load, ie. hooked to something with some resistance when tested. If you want to test your batteries and also see if the charger is putting out a current I would recommend picking up a digital multimeter. They are fairly cheap these days. Your trickle chargers should list the output (likely less than 1A.)

You can get battery testers that place the batteries under a built in load, but they are pretty useless for anything else and likely wouldn't be able to test the chargers output too.

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This will do a load test on 6 and 12 volt batteries and you can test your charging system with it. Handy tool to have around.

I don't think I can post links here, but it is a 6 volt / 12 volt battery load tester. Cost is about $20-25.

Good luck.

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I got a digital multi-meter from sears for about $30, it tests any battery, I use it on 6 and 12 volts, 3 volts, 1.5 volts, etc. Very handy. You could try NAPA or some other auto-parts stores for something like that.

Also, you could probably take your 6 volts somewhere and have them tested - radio shack, automotive battery store, etc? Good luck.

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