AGM Sealed 6V 415Ah Manual

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Testingbatteriescanbecomplexandtherearemanyapplicationspecicvariables
thatcannotbeconsideredinonesimpletest.Thissectionisaguidetohelpyou
determinetheoverallconditionofyourbatteries.ContactyourlocalFullriverBattery
distributorforassistance.
6.1 - TEST PREPARATION
1. Checkthatthebatterycablesareingoodworkingcondition.Replaceany
damagedorbrokencables.
2. Checkthatallterminalconnectionsaretightenedtopropertorque
specicationasdescribedinTABLE 2.
3. Fully charge batteries.
4. Let batteries rest for at least 8 hours once charging is complete.
6.2 - OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE TEST
1. Checkandrecordopencircuitvoltage(O.C.V.)ofeachbattery.
2. If all of the batteries are below 2.0V (2V battery), 6.1V (6V battery), 8.1V (8V
battery),12.2V(12Vbattery),or16.3V(16Vbattery)thesethasfailed.Replace
theentiresetofbatteries.Inthissituation,thebatterysethaseitherprovided
allofitsavailableenergyorwasseverelyabused.
3. Otherwise, any battery that is 0.15V lower than the highest battery voltage (2V
battery), 0.25V lower than the highest battery voltage (6V battery), 0.35V lower
than the highest battery voltage (8V battery), 0.5V lower than the highest
battery voltage (12V battery), 0.7V lower than the highest battery voltage (16V
battery),mighthavefailed.Makenoteofthesebatteries.
Allbatteriesinagoodsetshouldbeabove2.1V(2Vbattery),6.4V(6Vbattery),8.5V
(8Vbattery),12.7V(12Vbattery),and17.0V(16Vbattery)whenfullychargedafterat
least 8 hours of rest.
6.3 - DISCHARGE TEST (if you do not have a discharger, proceed to section 6.4. if you
have a Full Throttle series battery, proceed to section 6.5)
1. Connectandstartdischarger.
2. Recordminutes(runtime)whendischargeiscomplete.Correctruntime
minutes for battery temperature using the following formula:
Mc = Mr [1 - 0.009 (T-27)]
Where Mcisthecorrectedminutes,MristheminutesrecordedandT is the
temperatureattheendofthedischargein°C.
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