bubbling battery

Hi oz doc,
You can get a hydrometer from any cheep auto store, Auto Barn, Repco,Cheep Auto Parts etc,etc and they are around $10 mark.

Regards
dedabato
PS: My condolence on your loss of battery.........Image Could Not Be Found

Thanks for that. By the way- what is a load tester?(The 12 volt learning curve is very steep!)

Load tester is putting a heavy current draw onto the battery and measuring the volts with load on.

Most of the clever battery chargers actual charge at a much higher rate than older units in an effort to chagre quickly.

Then the drop back - all fine when things are working but prone to overcharging when things go wrong.

You may find you can set your charger for a slightly lower voltage charge or limit max current charge.

Best way to charge a battery is always with one of those little cheap top up chargers designed to be permanently connected , but trouble with this is that it takes a lot longer hence smart chargers.

The battery is a 130ah Trojan lead acid deep cycle. The charger is a Smart Logix quad phase automatic charger smc1205. I had the charger set to the "large" setting for batteries between 100ah and 200ah. It has been running for 36 hours and is still saying it is running in the bulk charge mode. This morning I have disconnected it and hooked it up to the second small(cranking) battery in the trailer and will see if it can cycle through its phases on this one. The Trojan was according to my calculations- about half discharged so I would have thought the charger would have cycled to absorption or float stage before the 36 hours. The specs say that it charges at 16a when set for large batteries. I will let the battery settle, get a hydrometer and check it further. At this stage I'm not sure if it is a problem with the Trojan (only 1.5 years old and very little use - but experienced a nasty short out 14 days ago) or the new charger.Any advice appreciated.

oz doc,
this could be the answer:-> ""At this stage I'm not sure if it is a problem with the Trojan (only 1.5 years old and very little use - but experienced a nasty *SHORT - OUT* 14 days ago)""

Mainey . . .