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I have a battery that has kept going down with.

Tiny
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I have a battery that has kept going down with waht I suspect is a parasitic drain over the last several months, I charged it up with my battery charger on a 10 amp setting and it then read 12.99 volts. I left it set on my wooden work bench for several days and it only reads 10.50 volts. The battery is only 19 months old and I was told it was ok when I took it where I bought it and they performed a load test on it. What is wrong
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2012 AT 8:19 PM

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Tiny
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Suspect battery plate sulfiating causing internal drain
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2012 AT 8:22 PM
Tiny
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12.5v is considered a fully charged battery. What exactly is the issue you are having?
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2012 AT 8:47 PM

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