UTV New Battery Not Reading Over 6V Issue - Help

[brunner]

Left my mule radio on for a week or so and drained a brand new battery (2 weeks old) down to where it is only reading 6 on my battery charger.

This battery charger thinks it’s a 6 volt battery because it’s an internal auto switch.

So the charger thinks it's a six volt battery, charges it to six volts to 100% and then won't charge it anymore.

This is a healthy battery, though.

Brand new.

So my question: Is there any way I can force my charger to recognize it as 12 volts?

Is there some trick I could do to make my battery temporarily read as 8 volts or more so the selector doesn't automatically default to 6?


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[Joe H]

Find an older battery charger that isn't smart. Can you jump the mule and let it charge it? Might need to leave on cables a while

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[175gr7.62]

If you have car battery charger that you can set to 2 amps you can connect it for an hour or so. Take it off and then use your other charger.

[brunner]

Gonna try both of these options [emoji1312]


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[Walker]

Put jumpers on it from your truck and then the charger. The charger will recognize 12v.

[Chad74]

Jump it from your car/truck but make sure to do it with the vehicle turned off. That should charge up past 6v and then hook you charger to it.

[brunner]

Thx guys


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[kingranch]

Jump it from your car/truck but make sure to do it with the vehicle turned off. That should charge up past 6v and then hook you charger to it.

best response right here

but I would leave it set overnight to bleed the 12v if it doesnt recognize it...

[Rick]

do you have a 12V solar pnl u could hook up to it for a couple days? then see if that increases the voltage enough for your actual battery charger?

[Archery1st]

Some batteries won't come back once they drop below 6V

[fish4food]

Any update on this Brunner?

[Big Lee]

The "smart" chargers are great until a scenario like this. Jump it as mentioned or find a non smart charger and put on a trickle charge all night.

[6.5 shooter]

Battery has been killed, you will be better off buying a new one.

[brunner]

I’ll update tomorrow I’ll be back home from work late tonight


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[brunner]

The "smart" chargers are great until a scenario like this. Jump it as mentioned or find a non smart charger and put on a trickle charge all night.

Non Smart 12V only charger worked.

Back up to 12.8 volts

We will see how it goes through the weekend


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