In my experience if a battery is completely dead nothing will bring it back to life. I tried to do that recently with a 2 amp charger left on overnight and nothing happened when I tried it the next
I've never done it but a friend of mine worked in the lab for Alabama Power and he said they used to bring back dead car batteries buy flushing them thoroughly with distilled water (on tap in a lab)
Whaddya mean? Sulfuric acid LOVES plumbing, so does hydrochloric acid, for that matter, yum! ;-) -Marc == Marc Tyler Designer, Animal Firm 830-324-6578 www.animalfirm.com
Guess I'm lucky, I brought a 8 - 10 year old dead battery back with some rocky mtn spring water from my hose and cleaning the terminals. Then charged it with the cheap charger at 2 amps for 24 hours
I just cleaned out my garage sink plumbing with sulphuric acid. Nothing works better at eating crud in the pipes. But it's dangerous stuff. I sure wouldn't want to mess with putting it in a small bat
Author: Gary McCormick <svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 13:21:56 -0700
A note of caution, which I remember from good ol' Chem 1A - if one is commingling acid and water, always pour the Acid into the Water, else, as Fred says - Kaboom! (the caps are from my mnemonic devi
I blew up a battery once too, years ago.,in my previous Roadster (67). Somehow the hood prop got loose and laid across both poles of the battery whiile I was driving..BOOM. Looking under the hood the