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Default Backup Sump-Pump Problem

On Jan 5, 3:20*am, mm wrote:
On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 12:40:47 -0800 (PST),
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What is battery voltage


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12v is 25% charged or 75% dead.


Sorry.. I thought you meant what kind of battery.. I'm not sure of the
actual voltage.. My multimeter isn't working


I think the problem is your lack of a vent hole, but if you want to
check the voltage on a 12 volt battery, connect a car lightbulb across
the ternmainal and see if it glows at the proper brightness. *Better
yet, connect a car horn and see if has the proper noise. *(Although a
horn in a cement basement might be a bad idea.)


A bulb a horn wont tell you didly on a batterys condition, keep it
undercharged at 12.25v and it wil be sulfated in 1 year and worthless