Is it possible to finish a load with this high voltage?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by DAX_, May 17, 2019.

  1. starmac

    starmac Road Train Member

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    If you already have the rotten egg smell, you have a bad battery, I personally would not top it off, but would change them and check the charging system. Batteries can and do blow up, if it is hot and smelling it will not take a lot to get a boom out of it.
     
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  3. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Wrench was just telling me at PM this morning one of there trucks started to BLAZE due to bad batteries. It's being towed in, he hasn't seen it yet, dude got it out with his extinguisher.
     
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  4. Espressolane

    Espressolane Road Train Member

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    The smell is hydrogen sulfide gasses.

    If your smelling that odor, your batteries are toast.
    Replace all of them, then have the start/charge system tested.
     
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  5. pmdriver

    pmdriver Road Train Member

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    And do not inspect them without full safety gear, a explosion can be had and acid will be everywhere.
     
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  6. SteveScott

    SteveScott Road Train Member

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    Was there a poultry company nearby? I once slept next to a dairy. The smell woke me up out of a dead sleep in the middle of the night.
     
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  7. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Sometimes the rotton egg smell is really just the smell of the truck stop
     
  8. Intothesunset

    Intothesunset Road Train Member

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    May need to replace the alternator as well. Now or soon.
     
  9. REALITY098765

    REALITY098765 Road Train Member

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    If the truck was running that is alternator output and 14.3 to 14.7 is normal. With the key on and engine OFF that is battery voltage.
     
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