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Originally Posted by Bob KellyIII
Pull the battery and charge it to full... and see if it holds it's charge ...if not the battery is toast.... it should read 12.5 fully charged and should hold that charge for weeks..... if you charge it up and it goes back down to 11.5vdc over a few days...the battery is on it's last leg and needs replaced.
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Bob.....
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Thanks. I went out in the shed and this time I took the time to remove the seat and what was needed to access the battery directly. Now I measured 12.5 V on the battery, and about 13.7 V when the engine was running.
So, hopefully things are ok.