[RE-wrenches] Battery issue

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This is not uncommon.  Main reason for taking cell voltage AND Spg. If all the Spgs are good then and the voltage reads 2.5/Vpc low then the lead oxide has been depleted on the plate and is sitting in the bottom of that cell. When this happens usually the acid in that cell, if it is a positive plate, will be brown in color.

> On Aug 23, 2016, at 9:44 PM, Drake <drake.chamberlin at redwoodalliance.org> wrote:
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> Hello Wrenches,
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> I was analyzing a string of 8 Trojan L-16 batteries with badly corroded terminals. The specific gravity read perfect on each battery. Two of the batteries read low voltage; about 4.2 volts.It seems like one cell's worth of voltage wasn't showing up on each battery. Has anyone seen this before? 
> 
> What would cause this? How can the specific gravity be right?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Drake 
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