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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org">Jim Adney</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, March 14, 2019 3:33 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:type3@vwtype3.org">type3@vwtype3.org</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [T3] 73 type 3 FI ignition condenser ?</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On 14 Mar 2019 at 14:08, William Jahn wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> On the 2 amp setting @ 3hours I have 12.68 after 12 hours the next day</p><p class=MsoNormal>> it would be .04 less and each day it would continue at this rate ,</p><p class=MsoNormal>> within 5 days it would be @ 12.32. The when I started it I could tell</p><p class=MsoNormal>> the starter turned slower. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My Sears 2/8 Amp charger has no trouble keeping a battery well above 13 V </p><p class=MsoNormal>on the 2 Amp range. This makes me wonder if there might be a problem with </p><p class=MsoNormal>the low range on your charger. Perhaps the switch is not making good </p><p class=MsoNormal>contact anymore. Or is this one of the fancy chargers that's supposed to </p><p class=MsoNormal>taper off? </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> When it’s set to the 2 amp setting the voltage is at least 13.7 V , it’s a 2 amp/12 amp 12 or 6 volt charger which does have an auto taper . it’s a Rizk or RN industries model 1262 I got in 2001. It’s not auto off , I have it plugged into a timer so once the timer switch flips to off so does the charger. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Consider buying a Harbor Freight "Battery Maintainer." They are normally </p><p class=MsoNormal>~$9 but commonly go on sale for half price. They are quite effective.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> I read the 4 stage Maintainers are the best. I had one long ago yet It was not high tech and had 2 lights yet I always saw 15 volts which was to much and there was no way to tell if the voltage dropped during , I was not about to baby sit it I just plugged it in . </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For my '73, which sits outside all winter, I bought a solar charger that sits on </p><p class=MsoNormal>the dash. That's not as effective as the Battery Maintainer: I had to </p><p class=MsoNormal>disconnect the clock to keep the charge ahead of the discharge.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Interstate kept telling me it was the battery even though it was new</p><p class=MsoNormal>> so they gave me a replacement and that one leaked then gave me another</p><p class=MsoNormal>> that I have now yet all dropped voltage at the same rate. The first 2</p><p class=MsoNormal>> averaged 12.78 volts once charged and sat for 12 hours this one always</p><p class=MsoNormal>> is 12.5 which is what Interstate said was fine. Had an autozone</p><p class=MsoNormal>> battery before this yet never bothered to check the voltage </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It seems odd that there could be this much variation. One thing I've started </p><p class=MsoNormal>doing when buying new batteries, is checking the acid level. I've found </p><p class=MsoNormal>several incompletely filled cells in the batteries I've bought in the past few </p><p class=MsoNormal>years.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> I do the same . All 3 interstates were topped of to the proper level. I used to believe since even the autozone was maintenance free and autozone told me not to remove the 2 caps I didn’t , that’s what killed that battery . I saw the vents in the caps yet listened to them anyway. Since then I check when it get them and once a year I check them , that’s how I found the one was leaking at a seam near the neg post where the top is sealed to the case on the top side edge. I made one mistake in the last post , when I charge this battery after 12 hours it reads 12.66 to .68 V then as the other 2 drops about .04 V per day . It seems the cars charging system does a better job than a charger since the gen puts out more than 2 amps and a bit above 14 volts when the RPM is above 1,000 RPM . Plus the short trips I make does not help , 1 mile to 2 miles and 2 to 4 starts and all stop and go traffic which here with so very many cars on the road 24/7 even on the freeway you sit there. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- </p><p class=MsoNormal>*******************************</p><p class=MsoNormal>Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>Madison, Wisconsin, USA</p><p class=MsoNormal>*******************************</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>VWType3.Org mailing list - type3@vwtype3.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>To unsubscribe or change subscription options, visit:</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>If you need more help, contact: gregm@vwtype3.org</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>