Wednesday, Jan 06, 2010 at 09:11
Hello waeco shopper,
it looks like the faulty fuse holder (on your fridge?) was the reason the fridge disconnected itself after 6 hours run time on the first battery (or a faulty battery...).
I highly doubt that this bad connection could have damaged your 100Ah deep cycle battery though.
I presume the alternator was spinning when you connected this battery to the car?
What was the battery voltage after it came off the charger?
A good charger/battery would bring the open circuit voltage to around 13.0V on an VRLA AGM (12.8V for flooded cell).
All voltages you gave, are rather low - I expected them to be at least 0.5V higher.
To work out if it's the battery or the charger, discharge your second battery first, and then use your charger to bring it back. It should show at least 12.8V open circuit.
If this works, then your first battery is probably shot.
As it seems to be almost new, just ask the seller what he recommends.
Best regards, batterymeister
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