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    Battery charger faulty or normal?

    I think I have solved the problem which is that the problem is that I was using this for a 12Ah battery where it works as expected, but it works differently for a 35Ah battery
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    Battery charger faulty or normal?

    I have a 35Ah sealed AGM battery which doesn't get a lot of use, maybe 20 times per year for a trolling motor. Never run flat. Usually it charges up to about 12.9V. I'm using a branded 2.5 Amp 3 stage charger. Yesterday I ran it down to about 20% by my estimate, it was down to 11.95V with no...
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    Proprietary NiMH battery query.

    Actually I am having a bit of difficulty trying to work out if this image https://s26.postimg.org/pp0vqs2sp/Or...arge_Cycle.png really does say how much current the Oregon draws on trickle charge after it has reached full charge and the indicator stops flashing. I asked garmin but they said...
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    Proprietary NiMH battery query.

    @keithy, yes you are correct I have just found this https://s26.postimg.org/pp0vqs2sp/Oregon_6xx_Charge_Cycle.png The only issue now that I need to work out is how much energy it's drawing after it shuts off. I'm charging on a bike so the aim is to keep it constantly charged but also so that I...
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    Proprietary NiMH battery query.

    @Terjee, OK thanks for that heads up on measuring at the terminals. @Vladimax, I checked all four setting from Lithium to Alkaline and they varied between one and four bars. When using battery power the firmware battery selector disappears. But it still doesn't seem to work well because I had...
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    Proprietary NiMH battery query.

    Whoops! ha, my bad, sorry about that, yes a decimal typo. thanks terjee and timothy. Sorry for the confusion. Just to clarify, I don't have the Garmin battery pack, because it's $35 for a pair of what looks like 1Ah batteries but then how could they power the unit for the same time as a pair of...
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    Proprietary NiMH battery query.

    Hi, not sure what you mean by that high voltage, they are just normal AA eneloops that I'm using which is recommended by Garmin, it's the Garmin battery that I am not using that has 2.4V and 2000mAh but that just doesn't make sense they must mean 1.2each surely, I do know that when charged in...
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    Proprietary NiMH battery query.

    OK thanks for that reply, first let me say that the reason I want to do this that I use this on my motorbike connected to a 5W usb outlet connected directly to the battery with an inline fuse. So it will usually be plugged into the bike and then when I get off and take it will me it will always...
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    Proprietary NiMH battery query.

    Awright, well spotted guys, at first I was looking at the connectors and it all looks normal, then I spotted this little rubber bit which I at first thought was just to put pressure on the batteries to keep everything snug, but I took a battery out and I can see that the little round rubber bit...
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    Proprietary NiMH battery query.

    The Garmin battery I refer to is the one at the bottom of this post. First question is that I have a hand held GPS that normally takes two AA batteries, or the special Garmin battery. I am assuming that the Garmin battery is more than just two AA's strapped together, possibly with some extra...
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    Is this household voltage safe?

    OK I think an update is necessary here. I'm not really fussed about the AC readings although it was a bit alarming, I was more wondering if I could trust my cheapo DMM. Turns out I can't. Ended up purchasing the Fluke 101 which solved my problems of the weird continuity readings on my stator...
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    Is this household voltage safe?

    @hazard, not that was not me. I only really ended up here because I was wondering about the accuracy of my cheap meter, I am not really interested in measuring household AC voltage, it's really the electrics on my bike that I'm most concerned about. Specifically I am suspicious that my stator is...
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    Is this household voltage safe?

    OK thanks terjee, it's an old house with ancient wiring, but as you say, no problems so far. I've just found this basic fluke meter that I can purchase for $63 AUD does it look like this would be a better purchase than the one I linked to earlier...
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    Is this household voltage safe?

    OK thanks that was a most enlightening video. I've just got a cheapie multimeter, I wouldn't use it a lot but I am needing to track down some possible stator problems and wiring problems on my bike so I'll be wanting to get something more reliable but I don't want to spend professional money...
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    Is this household voltage safe?

    I'm in Australia and our nominal voltage is supposed to be 220-240AC, I stuck my admittedly cheap multimeter into a power outlet and it is reading 265V, it reads a fully charged AGM new battery at 13V DC and it gives the same reading for charged NiMH batteries as my Powerex battery charger, so...
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