Paulie68
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To add a little more about 12v lead acid batteries. If a lead acid battery is allowed to go completely flat and then left in this state for even a week or two, it will be permanently damaged. A simple recharge will give the illusion of it bieng fine, but it will have suffered sulphation and be permanently damaged.
The problem some are seeing with batteries is most likely from cars bieng left in standby mode during shipping. I used to work in automotive shipping and I observed a significant percentage turn up with flat batteries. They get jumper pack started to move from the ship to Dock storage. The next day they get jumped again to load onto a transporter. Once at the dealership, they get jumped once again to get them into the PDI workshop, where they will finally get properly charged to full. Too late for the batteries though that, sadly, will now fail typically within the year.
The problem some are seeing with batteries is most likely from cars bieng left in standby mode during shipping. I used to work in automotive shipping and I observed a significant percentage turn up with flat batteries. They get jumper pack started to move from the ship to Dock storage. The next day they get jumped again to load onto a transporter. Once at the dealership, they get jumped once again to get them into the PDI workshop, where they will finally get properly charged to full. Too late for the batteries though that, sadly, will now fail typically within the year.