Battery Overcharging?

[00BlackStang]

I recently purchased a new battery for my car, and now the battery reader on the dash says the charge is High. How is that possilbe that a brand new battery is already overcharging?

[Stumpy]

it's possible if you voltage regulator or alternator is bad and overcharging. why did you replace the battery?

[carlosc]

Quote: Originally Posted by 00BlackStang I recently purchased a new battery for my car, and now the battery reader on the dash says the charge is High. How is that possilbe that a brand new battery is already overcharging?

how high is it? is normal that the charge is a little more than half

[I_luv_HP&trq]

stock gauges are pos... the only ones i trust are the fuel(which even isn't that accurate) and temp gauge.

[00BlackStang]

I changed the battery because i was going back to school, and that means im going to be putting on an extremely high amount of miles and plus the battery was already 7 years old.

[bbunt302]

I wouldn't be concerned about it. The stock gauges are about as accurate as a thing that's not very accurate at all.

[bullitt482]

/\ Nice analogy