Have never seen this before ---Brought my 54 Commander out of 10 months storage, connected the battery, it started fine and ran fine to my house where it sat for about 6 hours and the battery, which was less than a year old, died. OK no problem, hooked up the charger and it charged full for about 2 minutes when the needle started a rapid bounce back and forth from no charge to full charge. I've never seen this before, hooked it up to another 6 volt battery and the needle stayed on steady charge so it's not the charger. Is the battery shorted out? Ken Deltaville, Va
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Sounds like an internal short in the battery. Should be covered by warranty, if it's only a year old. -
If the battery sat for 10 months without use and without being on a maintenance charger, it is probably toast.Dick Steinkamp
Bellingham, WAComment
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It sounds like a battery failure to me. If the battery hasn't been charged or kept on a maintainer, it's probable that the plates in the battery are sulphated to the point of not allowing the battery to accept a charge. BudComment
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can you test the battery with a load tester and a hydrometer just for kicks and see what you have?
not to make a stupid comment but you are sure you have the polarity of the charger correct? I've mixed it up myself.
If the battery started the car once after sitting 10 months i have to wonder if it still might be good.
On the other hand if it is only 10 months old they won't pro-rate it much on the warranty and you can get a fresh one for almost zilch and start over1947 M5 under restoration
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thanks, i'm going to take it in in the morning and see what the shop owner says, it's an Interstate so it's a good manufacturer. Ken, Deltaville, VaOriginally posted by tbirdtbird View PostComment
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