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Old 06-26-2006 | 04:33 PM
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I have a 6 cell battery back, all cells measure 1.38v except one which measures -1.38v?

What should i do?

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Old 06-26-2006 | 04:54 PM
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Make sure your volt meter is hooked up properly. If it is, maybe you have a reversed (ruined) cell.
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Make sure your volt meter is hooked up properly. If it is, maybe you have a reversed (ruined) cell.
There is no way a cell can be reversed that it will read a - 1.38 open circuit. He just had the leads reversed.
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Old 06-26-2006 | 08:28 PM
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Hmmm yeah I thought that number was weird...[&:]
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I had the leads the wrong way round, i was tired [:'(]
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