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Two fully charged and 'good' lead acid batteries should read around 28V when fully charged. This will fall almost immediately the charging voltage is removed but should still remain over 25.5V to prove a 'good' battery.
If they are over 5 years old then change them anyway - more so if you rely heavily on the generator and need 'immediate' electrical backup.
If they are over 5 years old then change them anyway - more so if you rely heavily on the generator and need 'immediate' electrical backup.
If DG is a diesel generator that would have to be for the very high initial current draw created by the starting up of the starter motor in order to get it up to cranking speed, along with the additional strain of the compression load of the diesel motor until it starts up.
Take yourself on a bicycle, doesn't it take one heck of a starting effort, compared to the relative ease after you are a meter down the road.
The battery pair just do not have enough capacity to hold
24vdc at that initially severe degree of loading, so the voltage
sags until the initial loading is reduced.
Take yourself on a bicycle, doesn't it take one heck of a starting effort, compared to the relative ease after you are a meter down the road.
The battery pair just do not have enough capacity to hold
24vdc at that initially severe degree of loading, so the voltage
sags until the initial loading is reduced.
Flat means not charged. A 12V lead acid battery which measures as only 12V is very close to discharged.
Sulphation is a problem with lead acid cells where the lead sulphate changes into lead sulphide (typically after being left discharged for an extended period). The battery loses capacity.
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