25v off of a batery?

[green536@hotmail.com (Chris DeLong)]

What brand and type of battery are these? Did you get them from an airplane?


>From: John Edwards <edwardsj@runecraft.com>
>To: 'MrAudi' <vze3pj7t@verizon.net>, Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com>, 
>scirocco-mail list <Scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
>Subject: RE: 25v off of a batery?
>Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:10:58 +0100
>
>So why when he has the meter on the 20V setting does it max out??
>
>Hmm... "2 of them read 25 volts" You've not got these 2 batts conneted in
>serial by any chance?
>
>Sounds like some sort of user error to me ;)
>
>John
>
>'90 GTII
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: MrAudi [mailto:vze3pj7t@verizon.net]
>Sent: 30 April 2002 16:19
>To: Ron Pieper; scirocco-mail list
>Subject: Re: 25v off of a batery?
>
>
>sounds like a simple meter reading error. when you put it to the 200 v 
>scale
>you need to add a decimal point. what you are reading is in fact 2.5 volts.
>they are dead as a door nail.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>
>To: "Ken Bates" <Indiana_Red@hotmail.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 5:20 AM
>Subject: Re: 25v off of a batery?
>
>
> > No way, no how can a normal garden variety car battery put out 25V.
> > Are conections at the meter correct (the red and black going to the
> > proper places, like DC Volts)?
> >
> > Check another battery, one you know and trust.
> >
> > Possibly you damaged your meter by pegging it or hooking it up
> > incorrectly in the past.
> >
> > If those batteries are *really* putting out 25V then friend,
> > congratulations, you are going to get very rich (IF you con do that to
> > other batteries!)  :)
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > --- Ken Bates <Indiana_Red@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > So my wiring is getting close to a systems check and I have 3
> > > batterys lying around.  Don't ask me how....
> > > Any way 2 of them read 25 volts from my nice digial meter and another
> > > reads
> > > only 11v.  Im pretty sure I know how to use this thing.  When set to
> > > the 20v
> > > "click" the 2 bats show the standard 1.  meaning off the scale so I
> > > bump it
> > > up to the 200v scale and thats when they both show 25-26v  Whats up
> > > with
> > > that.  Are they giving off H2 and about to busplode?!?!
> > > Dont realy want to hook either of them up.
> > >
> > > Ken
> > > 1979 Scirocco  "McFly"
> > > 16v conversion - Engine in, now the hard part
> > > Electrical
> > > VORTEX:  "Indiana Red"
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Chris DeLong
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