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Old 05-22-2011
Don Radcliffe
 
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Before you change anything, measure the voltage across the charger output when it is charging your batteries. If it measures over 13 volts when the voltage across the battery is 12.5V and drawing only 2 amps, you have a wiring problem--bad connection in either the ground or hot side.
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