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Flier tks for the video post but I watched that it yesterday and nothing in it about drain on a battery while running a Vex. All he mainly talks about is Vex problems are mostly solved by charging the bat. I have no Vex problems, bought it in 2004 and works great for being 13+ yrs old.Everyone else I think is right, bad battery even if it held a charge overnight. I tested the 12v battery I use in my U.Cam and it did not drop very much so its time for a new bat.
Actually the vex may start running but it could also glitch. &t=192s
yup a battery with a dead cell will charge to and hold 12 volts until load is added then it takes a dump.
did you mean to say just 12v, 12v is essentially a dead battery. Mine held 12.62 overnight which is a full charge, I wouldn't think a bad battery would hold full charge overnight but it did. Here's a good charge chart I found with info.Gona order a new battery 12V 9Ah SLA Battery Replaces Vexilar FLX-28 Pro Pack II Flasher but I'm in doubt I'll get to use it this season cause Indiana just got hit with some warm rainy weather, Grrrrrrrrr.(Image removed from quote.)
basically what I was saying is a battery with a dead cell will charge up and read 100% and the charger light will be green but will not be able to take any load without failing.i should've type over 12 v.
Just seemed odd to me that my bat did charge a full charge of 12.62 and overnight my multimeter still read it full at 12.62v. that is what I was getting at. Most bad bats I have had may charge to full charge but then after setting the volts drop down below 12v, this one didn't.
This depends. How and where are you measuring the voltage? On my boat the same battery will read 11.8 or 12.7 depending on what device you look at. It may be the quality of the connection where a marginal connector or corrosion affects the measurement of available voltage. There may be more in play here than just "bad battery".Make sure your connections are clean. Test your measuring device against a known source to validate other readings. Use a second device to validate your first reading before making a decision (second opinion).
Sounds like you have some wiring issues in your boat. Probably a bad connection or too thin of wire somewhere. All electronics should read within 0.12v of each other (they have a 10% margin of error). I have seen what you are talking about, and it's almost always a console fish finder reading less because it is rigged to the console bus instead of direct wiring to the battery.