Ooooh another thought, whats the rate on "slow" charge on your charger? On mine its 2a. Group 49 batteries at 900-1100cca but that doesn't tell us the long term capacity. I'm gonna guess, based on size its around 100ah so with your charger assuming you only run down to 75% thats still 12.5 hours to recharge. Could be on slow charge you're not getting enough time to get a full charge in.
-Curt Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:04:51 -0700 From: Alex Chamberlain <apchamberl...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 603 filter change, cranking forever Message-ID: <CABHyH=a9ts4GiQKNv-+3Lx=c_rerl2j5qxeaosywrxzwj6z...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:00 AM, <buymbpa...@gmail.com> wrote: > With a good battery you should be able to crank for at least 1 minute with no > slow down. > > OK, I think this is a critical point then. It can only crank for 15 seconds before slowing down significantly. Defective battery? (It's brand new, NAPA's mid-priced line.) Defective charger? (I'll try one of my Battery Tenders instead of the Schumacher.) What else? Alex _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com