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On board charger will show green lights when fully charged, (12 V. system). A "battery test" on my TM Head only shows 3 out of four lites after its been chargin all nite. Battery "one" green lite (TM battery) keeps blinking, while battery "two" lite (crankin battery) is solid green.
Chargin issue with the charger, malfunction with the reading on the "test" mode on my TM head, or bad cell in the battery????? Yawl's best guess before I go to tinkerin....and make things really screwed up!! Thanks
Have the batteries load tested, most parts houses will do it for free
You can switch the leads for the two battery banks....if the same light still flashes its the charger.....if the other light flashes....its the battery.Quote:
Originally Posted by jimmydee1
I have 2 terrovas, and they are immediately at 3 bars the instant they are used, and stay at 3 lights. Went through 2 sets of brand new batteries, and both did the same. Don't know how accurate those trolling motor gauges are, they are frustrating to say the least.
Yeah, figured as much, but my MAIN concern is that the green lite that should stay on constant, keeps blinking even after having it on charge for 24 hours. Both batteries load checked fine.....
I think if there is a problem, from what I understand, is the lights will blink red , on the next row, if it is a Minn Kota charger. Is the light blinking green on the "charging" row, or the "full charge" row?Quote:
Originally Posted by jimmydee1
DH, it's blinking green on the 'full charge' row. My on-board is this: Amber lite when it is charging or needing a charge, solid green equals full charge, and the bottom lite is a 'check connections' lite. Should have an answer today....I'll let you know what we find, just fyi.
Thanks, Jimmy............a blinking green light is full charge, but should turn steady green in 24 hrs, I think. I still think it's fully charged. Let us know, interested in what they say.
you bet....just curious as to why the 'blinking lite' still blinked if it fully charged, and why the "test battery" lites on the head of my TM only shows 3/4 charged. Very confusing to a simple guy like me!!
Same with my MK trolling motor. The only way to get a full four bars is to charge the battery at 10 amps until it says it's done, then switch the charger to 2 amps.Quote:
Originally Posted by duckhunter
how big is the charger??
So, I got my rig back from 'my guy'. No batteries issues, both checked out at 12.9 and 13.3 for load. The charger is functioning well.,..no issues there. When I got it home and plugged her in, and four hours later, ALL FOUR lites on the head of the TM battery test function lit up. He said he disconnected everything and let it sit for an hour, cleaned all the connections, and re-attached it all, and it worked like a charm..Does anyone belive in "crappie Gremlins"??? I think that is what I was dealing with. All seems well now...time will tell. Thanks for all the GR
So, I got my rig back yesterday from "my guy". Batteries checked out fine...12.9 and 13.3 on the load for each. The on-board charger is working fine. He disconnected everything and let it sit for awhile. Cleaned all connectors and re-attached everything . I got her home and plugged the charger up and four hours later I had slid green across the board on my charger and the TM battery test function showed ALL four red lites lit up like a Christmas tree. Does anyone believe in "Crappie Germlins"??? I think I do. Ready to give her a 'test run' soon. Thanks for all the GREAT responses, guys, really appreciate the time and attention you took to help an ole boy out.
He did tell me that hooking up another 12 v battery, neg to neg, pos to pos, would give me a "strong 12", as he called it. NO addl power but nearly twice the run time. That MAY be a consideration for another day. Thanks again fellas. I owe yawl a cold one.:)
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sorry for the double post....woopsie!!
ha ha.....senior moment....don't worry about it :biggrin
I have learned any time you have issues with intermediate readings or power supply, the first thing you should do is CLEAN all your connections. Even if they are not corroted your connections can get a dull haze on them and that little bit can cause issues. Just take a wire brush and get the shine back on connector. Good idea to do this as a periodic maintanace
Thanks, good idea. Shoot, I was hopin the 'gremlin' idea might steal some of DD's BigFoots thunder. Oh well.....swing and a miss!!lol