| Battery Question [message #131670] |
Thu, 23 June 2011 12:39  |
Jon payne
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Guys,
I have one of those back up battery systems for my basement sump pump. One of the features of this system is a controller that monitors and maintains the battery. The controller has a series of alarms that are triggered when various faults are detected. Two of which are "BATTERY FLUID LOW" and "BATTERY PROBLEM". When the BATTERY PROBLEM alarm is set it simply states to check the terminals and replace the battery. This alarm has been triggering every other week or so. The terminals are clean and tight and I am able to reset the fault by disconnecting the battery and unplugging the controller.
Well last night the BATTERY FLUID LOW alarm was triggered and when I started to service the battery I noticed that all the cells where low of fluid, as expected, except for one. One cell was completely full to the level that I had previously serviced. So my question is do you think this is the reason the controller is triggering the "BATTERY PROBLEM" alarm? With this one cell having all it's fluid does this mean that cell is dead? I checked the battery voltage and it is 12.6V which I would say is good.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Jon
Jon Payne
76 Palm Beach
Westfield,IN
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