[W126 Coupe] New Topic: battery

Dan Landiss dan at landiss.com
Thu Feb 16 19:49:18 EST 2006


Mister McGoo wrote:
>
> At -3C ambient the voltage was 12.4V.  I expected more but my new 
> 850CCA battery read the same.
>

Unfortunately the no-load voltage is not a good indicator of a battery's 
condition. The shops use a tester that draws several amps.

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