[T3] Battery Voltage

Jim Adney jadney at vwtype3.org
Thu Apr 19 13:50:16 PDT 2018


On 19 Apr 2018 at 15:19, Gary Forsmo wrote:

> Put the multi-meter on it today.  12.47 VDC.
> 
> Will that voltage be enough to install as is?  To start & run the engine?
> Or does the battery need to be "trickle charged" before re-installing? To
> what VDC?

That's pretty good, but I would trickle charge it for a week or 2 or until the 
voltage, while charging, rises up to 14.4 V.

The trickle needs to be pretty small to do this correctly, less than 100 mA 
(0.1 A.) 50 mA is ideal.

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