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Default Generac 8Kw generator balky start and transfer switch makes clicking sounds

On Sat, 20 Dec 2014 06:04:39 -0500, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

On 12/19/2014 9:19 PM, wrote:
So, while I "doubt" that the battery is charged by a power supply
connected to the 240VAC (or even the 120VAC half), the question deserves
a definitive answer, which I will get from Generac and report back.

Very easy to get a definitive answer. Connect your volt meter. What
is the reading??? Above 12.2 volts??? then it is being charged without
the engine running.


I thought a full charged was 12.6 volts.
Did you mean to type 13.2?

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Yes, 13.2 12.6 is the theoretical open circuit voltage of a lead acid
battery, but some alloys are slightly higher. 12.7 or 12.8 is quite
common on a searled recombinent absorbed glass mat battery. Any kind
of charge at all will wxcede 13.2 volts.