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

Richard Fink Sr nancydick at pennswoods.net
Sat Jan 13 16:48:41 PST 2007


Jerry try a aspirin in each cell before the quick charge it has worked for me
R Fink



At 06:31 PM 1/13/2007 +0200, you wrote:
>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
>Near Johannesburg in Sunny South Africa.
>Tel. (016) 365-5787
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>Cell: 083 293 7191
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>
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