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Originally Posted by SouthArk370Z
If you want to be sure you are getting enough charge (if you do a lot of idling with an underdriven alternator, it's possible you are not), just put a voltmeter on the battery when you get home. A 100% charged lead-acid battery will read 12.6V and drops to 12.35V at 75% charge. Edit: Anything above 12.4 is usually called "charged".
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Legit answer! Thanks for putting it quantifiably! Rep added
My battery is reading 12.99!
Looks like I won't be hooking it up anymore...
And not bad for an 2009 OEM battery that has spent most of its life in the heat of the South
Edit: Locking thread, thanks for the replies guys