New Batteries, Chapter 4: Done.

I was very interested to see what the opening voltage would be this morning…

I took the picture in darkness because I was cheating a bit, and it wouldn’t focus. Still: Just a hair under 12.5 volts, which is a personal best for my system. Which wasn’t really a surprise. A pleasant confirmation, though. Lately it’s been more like…

…which is not acceptable at all, and that’s on a pleasantly mild morning. Wait’ll the cold comes and starts screwing with the battery efficiency. I really needed to get this done before the cold, and now it is.

I was able to tag along on a ride to town this morning. Went to the auto parts store, and…

Now we’re completely done. I replaced the positive cable with a longer one that didn’t have to lay across the top of the batteries, and got a connector so I could make a new positive wire for the battery charger which is now connected. Greased the positive connections on all six batteries, and we’re done. And just in time for a promised early visit from winter.