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Discharged my battery last week by leaving the winch on for a few days by accident. When I say discharged I mean fully discharged - dash lights didn't come on and couldn't even turn on my voltmeter which only draws 15mA.
Put it onto the CTEK for 24 hours which recovered it, but now it seems to be holding a higher than usual charge - 14.5v when running at 1000 revs (usually more like 14.2v) and after 24 hours disconnected from the CTEK its still at 12.9v (usually more like 12.6v). I know that these voltages are in the acceptable range of a battery, but because they are higher than usual I have pause for thought - the last thing I need is the battery blowing up in the engine bay.
Any thoughts anyone? Should this ring alarm bells, or do I just run it for the next few months?
ps. I will be buying a new battery, but I want to wait until closer to the trip so I go away with a new battery rather than one that has been sat around on a CTEK for months on end.
Put it onto the CTEK for 24 hours which recovered it, but now it seems to be holding a higher than usual charge - 14.5v when running at 1000 revs (usually more like 14.2v) and after 24 hours disconnected from the CTEK its still at 12.9v (usually more like 12.6v). I know that these voltages are in the acceptable range of a battery, but because they are higher than usual I have pause for thought - the last thing I need is the battery blowing up in the engine bay.
Any thoughts anyone? Should this ring alarm bells, or do I just run it for the next few months?
ps. I will be buying a new battery, but I want to wait until closer to the trip so I go away with a new battery rather than one that has been sat around on a CTEK for months on end.