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Originally Posted by Dick Steinkamp
Are you sure there is an "immediate loss of charge"? That would be highly unlikely. Does the battery actually test DEAD with a multimeter or does the battery just stop turning the engine over? The engine would not start with the hand crank if the battery was actually DEAD.
The "crackle" you hear is usually a system with a poor connection trying to make a connection (cables at battery posts, battery to ground, battery to starter, starter switch itself)
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True, probably not totaly dead, but not cranking, just a bump, multimeter shows 5 volts on a 6v batt.