Of course, it would be nice to know the voltage of the battery
with the terminals unconnected, and the charger removed. Sounds
like it froze last winter. If the battery voltage is less than 8
volts, it's likely never going to come back from the dead.

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Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
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"Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message
...
:
:
: Are you by chance not connecting the charger directly to the
battery
: terminals, but perhaps through another path like plugging it
into a
: cigarette lighter socket?
:
: If so, then look for a blown fuse in the cigarette lighter
feed.
:
: If you ARE connecting directly to the battery's terminals and
it's still
: not drawing any current from the charger, then chances are good
that one
: of the internal straps connecting the cells in series has
snapped loose,
: i.e. the battery is junque. A battery which isn't broken but
just won't
: "hold a charge" will draw SOME current from a charger.
:
: Jeff
:
: --
: Jeffry Wisnia
: (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
: The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.
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