Well hidden. Someone will have taken the coveroff ; @Jean Mercier ?Whst kind of battery is it?
AWo
Well hidden. Someone will have taken the coveroff ; @Jean Mercier ?Whst kind of battery is it?
AWo
They are both Moll EFB 105Ah batteries. If you selected the dual battery option.Whst kind of battery is it?
AWo
Tks AWo, do you thing better to charge at the jumping point and body -ve as suggested above or directly over the terminals of the batteries or thirdly +ve of the batteries and body -ve.EFB are still wet lead acid battery they do not like small currents. That produces big crystals on the surfaces of the battery plates. They are like isolaters and do not let current flow. It is hard and sometimes impossible to remove them by charging. Thst capacity ls lost.
High currents produce small crystals which will disappear while charging and the cspacity remains.
That is a genaral rule, so charging smartphones while the engine is off, is not good for a lead-acid battery. Depending of the kind of lead-acid battery it can cope with that more or less better.
AWo
Could someone post a photo(s) of the correct -ve terminal charging point under the bonnet of the Diesel vehicle. The positive red brass column is very obvious why could they not provide an obvious -ve?
Logsplitter drive a petrol like mine, not sure if it’s the same at diesel engineLook for the thread “Battery charging”, in there @Logsplitter posted the exact photo you want.
Basically he uses the engine lifting ring, which is almost straight across to the the right of the brass post, right by the left hand side of the black plastic engine cover
It’s a silver metal ring
Hi Shaky.I like to give mine a maintenance charge 2-3 times during the winter period with my NOCO charger. Keeps them in fine fettle, if it all does go wrong I also have a little battery pack jump start thing. It’s rated to start up to 10ltr diesels so my little 3ltr petrol should not be a challenge for it. I know it’s already started a 4ltr V8.
My own experience is similar to Logsplitters IG. Petrol and after 175 miles it was at 97%
Sounds like it.Any ideas anyone - is the charger faulty?
Thanks Tazzieman.Sounds like it.
Presume the charger was at 100% charge itself?
Did you set it to AGM? Can you try it on another battery?
It's only a 10Amp charger so it will be slow.
P.S. my in car gauge has only ever shown 94% max even when the charger says FUL
The Molle website describes the Grenadier battery as an "Enhanced Flooded Battery" (EFB) specially built for Stop/Start conditions. It's not an AGM in the true sense. I always set my (Victron) 15A charger to full/flood ...not AGM...Thanks Tazzieman.
Charger was on the mains and yes - it was set to AGM mode
Same here, I have a Ctek MXS 10 charger and always set it to the standard charge, not AGM because I'm told EFB's need to be charged that way.The Molle website describes the Grenadier battery as an "Enhanced Flooded Battery" (EFB) specially built for Stop/Start conditions. It's not an AGM in the true sense. I always set my (Victron) 15A charger to full/flood ...not AGM...