06-19-2025, 04:09 PM
(06-19-2025, 12:47 PM)Mildog Wrote: My batteries showed same voltage but different capacity, charged both, then wired them together parallel to balance the discharged at dissimilar rates. Factory told me they would replace the one. I decided to drain the “bad” battery for return. I put a light bulb with about 9 amp draw watched the Bluetooth to monitor it is was slowing going down but when it hit about 50% and monitor said power would last several hours to drain it then crashed to ZERO CAPACITY 2 volts. So it was bad I’m sure, factory agreed. Got my new battery charged both, then wired parallel to balance overnight.
I have used them three trips all seems to be working and they are dropping at an equal amount. I have used for mostly steering frspeed 2 to 5 for 2-3 hours a trip. Batteries are still at 65%. I’ll recharge after next trip. So far so good. Expecting credit for returned batter soon they should get it in next day or two. Then the warranty coverage will be complete.
That's great, glad it worked out for you. Looks like my battery company has gone out of business, so i can't return it. Now did you determine that battery was bad? Was it just the difference in capacity, with one being much lower? I took mine to Auto zone and they claimed they had a lithium battery test they could do on both of them, with a load test. I wanted a second opinion before I ordered a new one but after a dozen calls and visits to other local shores I have yet to find another one that can do the same test.