[SEL] O.T. Car Battery fix ??

[Elden DuRand]

Jerry:

You -may- be able to get the battery to take a decent charge by equalizing the cells.  Do this by hitting it really hard with a quick charger.  You'll need to put about 15 Volts on it until all the cells start gassing (bubbles coming from the plates).

After all the cells start gassing, go back to a constant current charge (like from an el-cheapo "trickle" charger) at 10 Amps or so for about ten hours.  See if that helps.  If the capacity has risen but is not to par yet, you could try doing it again.

Be careful of the gas that is liberated by this kind of charging.  You could have an uplifting experience!

Take care - Elden
edurand at iglou.com
http://www.oldengine.org/members/durand 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com]On
>  Behalf Of Jerry Evans
> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 10:31 AM
> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> Subject: [SEL] O.T. Car Battery fix ??
> 
> 
> Hi All,
>          I know this is off topic but my 
> experience has shown that there is 
> a lot of knowledge on the lists and maybe someone 
> has a fix for me.
> 
>          Is there a way to do something to a car 
> battery that is poked. I 
> have a friend who imports batteries and have 
> ordered a new one from him but 
> his shipment only arrives in 2 weeks and I need 
> to use this vehicle a few 
> times in that time. (I have other vehicles with 
> good batteries but do not 
> want to have to hassle with swopping batteries 
> all the time).
> 
>          It's a 12 volt 55AH battery - not the 
> sealed "Low Maintenance kind 
> - it's got filler caps to top up the water with 
> and only just over 2 years 
> old but I very seldom use this vehicle so the 
> battery does not get regular 
> "excercise" and now does not hold a charge for very long.
> 
>          It struck me that there may be a way of 
> temporarily reviving it 
> just to use for a short time.
> 
>          Any answers will be appreciated.
> 
> Keep the revs up (or down)
> Jerry Evans
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