Andy29847
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- First Name
- Andy
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- Oct 25, 2020
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- South Carolina
- Vehicle(s)
- 2004 Wrangler Rubicon, 2020 Gladiator Rubicon
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- Retired
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- #16
Thanks for your input. You were critical of the first tech that worked on my Jeep. I agree with you. Funny to me is the 3rd visit, the one where I was supposed to get a level 3 tech, the paperwork shows the same guy.Not IMO - that's low, and anything from 12.4 on down can cause ESS to not work.
Some charts show 12.4 as being 50% or less. You consider that good? That's actually pretty bad in my training. Look at this - even 12.5 is RECHARGE RECOMMENDED and you suggest it's acceptable.
From a STAR training bulletin, part of their chart showing when ESS will work -
so if you are at only 60%, then ESS won't activate. Hmmm, that's around 12.4 volts give or take.
I did some charging and testing at home before I took the Jeep to the dealer. What I found was that the batteries would measure 12.7 after 3 hours. The next morning they would be back at 12.4.
My "generalizations" were presented as the conclusions of my recent Jeep experience. I didn't intend to present them a the "answer." Naturally, if both batteries are bad, the Jeep would not start.
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