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DODGE RAM 2002  Service Repair Manual ²Temperature- A longer time will be needed to
charge a battery at -18É C (0É F) than at 27É C (80É
F). When a fast battery charger is connected to a cold
battery, the current accepted by the batt

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DODGE RAM 2002  Service Repair Manual Test the specific gravity of the electrolyte in each
battery cell. If the specific gravity of all cells is above
1.235, but the variation between cells is more than
fifty points (0.050), the battery s

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DODGE RAM 2002  Service Repair Manual (3) Rotate the load control knob (carbon pile rheo-
stat) to apply a 300 ampere load to the battery for
fifteen seconds, then return the control knob to the
Off position (Fig. 12). This will remove th

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DODGE RAM 2002  Service Repair Manual Excessive IOD can be caused by:
²Electrical items left on.
²Faulty or improperly adjusted switches.
²Faulty or shorted electronic modules and compo-
nents.
²An internally shorted generator.
²Inte

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DODGE RAM 2002  Service Repair Manual thirty-five milliamperes, isolate each circuit using the
fuse and circuit breaker remove-and-replace process
in Step 5. The multi-meter reading will drop to
within the acceptable limit when the source

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DODGE RAM 2002  Service Repair Manual (5) Remove the battery hold down strap from the
top of the battery case.
INSTALLATION
(1) Clean and inspect the battery hold down hard-
ware (Refer to 8 - ELECTRICAL/BATTERY SYSTEM
- CLEANING).
(2) Po

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DODGE RAM 2002  Service Repair Manual BATTERY TRAY
DESCRIPTION
The battery is mounted in a molded plastic tray
(Fig. 25) with an integral support located in the left
front corner of the engine compartment. A U-nut held
in a molded formati

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DODGE RAM 2002  Service Repair Manual INSTALLATION
(1) Clean and inspect the battery tray (Refer to 8 -
ELECTRICAL/BATTERY SYSTEM - CLEANING).
(2) If the vehicle is equipped with the optional
vehicle speed control package, the speed contr
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