Thread: Starting Issues
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Old 08-27-2007, 01:23 PM   #7
Easy Rider
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Re: Starting Issues

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Originally Posted by Badbob
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This might seem like a stupid question. Was the new battery charged when you got it?

If the battery has a full charge is the symptom repeatable? Does it do exactly the same thing every time?
It is, of course, not a stupid question at all.

And it is not unheard of to have a new battery be bad "off the shelf".

A quick way to tell is to jump it from a known good battery.
Of course, if you connect a charger and the needle goes above 1/2 scale, that's a pretty good sign too. :roll:
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