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Old 1st May 2016, 19:30   #4
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Originally Posted by MrSooty View Post
However, after around 30 minutes on charge, using his Van, the battery was registering over 500 amps out of the 640 capacity - which he said, indicated a very strong and healthy battery! (I have to admit, I thought that was a very fast charge rate!)
It's not a charging rate Des, it's the rate at which his test equipment discharges your battery! But I'm very suspicious of such a reading after only half an hour's charging.

I still think that you should take charge of the situation and charge the battery yourself for 24 hours.

Simon
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