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      03-22-2024, 01:09 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by chefwong View Post
Was it connected to car or removed....

I generally remove it, charge it, let it rest... then bring it to the local AutoZone, etc . Most of them use a Midtronics which generally won't return a false positive

But usually, once it starts cranking iffy, it's a good case to swap it out. A decent AGM is cheap enough these days....although they do appear to have gone up a bit since a few years ago, since the last time I looked at pricing on them.
I remove them when I’m getting them tested. I would expect the interstate distributor would have good test equipment??
Yes, I don’t try to squeeze the last bit of use out of a battery, not worth the potential hassle. I consider them maintenance items.
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