Whoever diagnosed a bad

battery was right. I finally got the Minn Kota charger installed today. Plugged it in and it immediately showed a bad battery. I figured getting the battery warrantied at BatteriesPlus would take an act of Congress since I don't have a receipt. I set the battery on their counter, dude looked at the date code and handed me a new battery. Didn't even ask my name.
Life is good.:D

Ataboy Airtoolman. Glad to hear some good news about a vendor for a change.

Good for you ATM.

Way to go........your gonna love that MinnKota charger, I sure like mine.

yeeeeeehaaaawww

Life IS good!!

Congrats on things working out for you.

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Originally Posted by ArToolMan

Whoever diagnosed a bad battery was right. I finally got the Minn Kota charger installed today. Plugged it in and it immediately showed a bad battery.

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You're welcome.

Glad things worked out about getting a new one.

great

Good deal!Thumbs Up

Those dead cells can be a booger. Glad they fixed ya up without too much hassel!

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Originally Posted by RCC

You may have got a defective battery in the 3. It only takes one to mess things up.

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Originally Posted by Wannabe...

Well, this is what you get for juming up and doing something without checking with me, the authoritay, first. Don't worry though, lots of folks have made this mistake. Once.

Anyway...If I understood what you were saying, I'm betting you have 1 bad battery somewhere in the chain. Put a meter on them all and check the standing voltage when they are "fully charged". Although you didn't mention what indication you got for each battery in the chain from the old charger. Normally, if what I'm saying is correct, you'll get 2 fully charged indicators and the third will just never cut off, which can be dangerous BTW.

But, if voltage doesn't indicate the suspect battery, you'll need to move on to check connections, grounds, water in the battery and it'd be a good idea to check your wiring as well....if I understood, you've moved from 24V to 36V. You sure you got it all hooked up right? Again, a meter will tell ya.

Wannabe...

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I was gonna bust RCC in da mouf for claiming credit, but under full inspection, he did, in fact call bad battery first. But still, I ought to get extra points for a full and complete answer. Therefore, I claim full and complete victory. RCC only gets the silver medal.

Wannabe...

Thanks for the help fellers. I got four green blinky lights this morning. Them Sardis slabs better watch out, I'm back in the saddle.

go get'em man!! BUT, if you don't come back with a report and pics we gonna slip another dead cell in on ya