Battery no more juice

[Adrianli]

My battery ran out of juice today morning. Took urgent leave for the day and decided to charge it up by myself with my computerised charger. It took my charger 3hrs to fully charge the car battery. Put back 10,000mA of juice.

 

Background is the power supply, converting AC to DC.

 

Middle with lighted LCD screen is my computerised charger.

 

Foreground is the car battery.

 

 

 

After charging, its as good as new again!!!

 

 

[Happily1986]

My battery ran out of juice today morning. Took urgent leave for the day and decided to charge it up by myself with my computerised charger. It took my charger 3hrs to fully charge the car battery. Put back 10,000mA of juice.

 

Background is the power supply, converting AC to DC.

 

Middle with lighted LCD screen is my computerised charger.

 

Foreground is the car battery.

 

 

 

After charging, its as good as new again!!!

 

Better monitor said battery for a few charging cycles to see whether it is able to retain charge normally and whether the discharging cycle is normal i.e. gradual and proportional to load.

[Ngck]

batter still quite new... no reason for it to die so soon

[Longg8]

probably need to check your alternator as well....

[LoverofCar]

Battery don't charge for no reason...better check your electrical system

[Cephas]

is the computerised charger expensive? it looked quite expensive in the background...

[Chucky2007]

Bro adrianli... U have too any car cams running... Lol..

[Adrianli]

Better monitor said battery for a few charging cycles to see whether it is able to retain charge normally and whether the discharging cycle is normal i.e. gradual and proportional to load.

 

The battery is still good. Just that my car cameras drained the battery. Did not drive the car since Fri, only tried to drive it on Monday morning. I would need to drive the car every alternate day to keep the battery charged.

[Adrianli]

is the computerised charger expensive? it looked quite expensive in the background...

 

To me, its mid-range price. Not sure to others. It cost ard S$350 for the charger and S$128 for the AC-DC power supply.

[Fishy]

The battery is still good. Just that my car cameras drained the battery. Did not drive the car since Fri, only tried to drive it on Monday morning. I would need to drive the car every alternate day to keep the battery charged.

 

do u use power magic?

[Fcw75]

I think you standby a jumpstart kit in your car more convenient and cheaper.

[Adrianli]

do u use power magic?

 

Yes. I reviewed the recordings. On Saturday nite, the power magic cut in and recording stopped. So battery was at its lowest already. Further drain on battery due to other various car electronics over early sunday morning till monday morning.

 

Therefore it ran out of juice when I wanted to start it. The measured voltage was 11.6v, not sufficient juice to crank the engine. Fully charged by my charger, it reads 12.6v, started on the very first crank. Alternator output voltage reading was 13.98v.

[Adrianli]

I think you standby a jumpstart kit in your car more convenient and cheaper.

 

I just need to make sure the car is driven every alternate day. If not driving for more than that, just pull out the cameras.

[Ender]

Just another reason to play with your gadget (computerise charger)..

[Mingsect]

Yes. I reviewed the recordings. On Saturday nite, the power magic cut in and recording stopped. So battery was at its lowest already. Further drain on battery due to other various car electronics over early sunday morning till monday morning.

 

Therefore it ran out of juice when I wanted to start it. The measured voltage was 11.6v, not sufficient juice to crank the engine. Fully charged by my charger, it reads 12.6v, started on the very first crank. Alternator output voltage reading was 13.98v.

 

hmmm, u set it to 12.6 or 12.8 ?

[Adrianli]

hmmm, u set it to 12.6 or 12.8 ?

 

Set what???

 

If u referring to my charger, I set to Pb(Sealed Lead Acid) and 6S(12v) charging. It reads the voltage from the battery and adjust the charging automatically. First hour, I noticed it was giving constant current(CC) of 13A and then after that gave constant voltage(CV) and peak voltage was 13.8v charging.

 

After completed, I measured the voltage on the battery was 12.6v.

[Happily1986]

The battery is still good. Just that my car cameras drained the battery. Did not drive the car since Fri, only tried to drive it on Monday morning. I would need to drive the car every alternate day to keep the battery charged.

 

i see. that explains why. You are already using a battery which has higher rated capacity for a battery meant for Axio?

[Happily1986]

Set what???

 

If u referring to my charger, I set to Pb(Sealed Lead Acid) and 6S(12v) charging. It reads the voltage from the battery and adjust the charging automatically. First hour, I noticed it was giving constant current(CC) of 13A and then after that gave constant voltage(CV) and peak voltage was 13.8v charging.

 

After completed, I measured the voltage on the battery was 12.6v.

 

Actually you are quite heng that it happened on a new battery or your battery was robust. Some car batteries i used, it seemed like once the remaining charge has dwindled beyond a certain threshold, the battery is as good as gone, unable to retain charge anymore.