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Subject: [Shop-talk] Fw: dead battery
From: "Mike" <phoenix722@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 16:45:03 -0700 s=q20121106; t=1368575077; bh=TCghltAx/UiHNLucu8NFOlVV9BIhVVt8yfxI8pU//Ok=; h=Received:Received:Message-ID:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version: Content-Type; b=q5UwFPq2hcPo3QrrJMz5kdOmR0TnIKvoNHzxS6fs2XtQ/OhXv2jTAj5lY2eueIUW9 OdO0Tq55Jj1vCmTg8Y+0BEALMKXmnqlwAcazZeaLwwlbz6nHmBdmzJASDFVGiNoXsa dyNFOTtI7guKodhAu5+4v/kcnNdy+PUnTdOpsE9rtXiQvuReU9I5xX/lrfzdU1pyvp KuToCuSAt+ifUJnwvZ9ETq2oXmwwqVUJPQ1DpTeZBFtrhAT+HZzRrNBdFG+s/cptfs YpvzLlDuHU20EYVsyXHFN/mWmqgGA5921j7AkvMmvGZn0Py5d5Eu6s2UaK/zwVsr7d 3T6BCPnFZbGlw==
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No.  The case looks ok.  In fact, it was fairly new when it was last used.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wayne" <wmc_st@xxiii.com>
> To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 4:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] dead battery
>
>
>> On 5/14/2013 7:07 PM, Mike wrote:
>>> I have a 12v car battery that is dead as a doornail because the car 
>>> hasn't
>>> been run in a long time.  It is also dry, or at least  very low.  So I 
>>> filled
>>> the cells with distilled water, and hooked up the leads (the ground lead 
>>> to a
>>> bolt on the engine), checked the charger to be sure it was set to 12v, 
>>> and
>>> plugged it in.  Ammeter goes to max, and the charger trips out. 
>>> Suggestions?
>>
>> Has it been in sub-freezing temps? As they discharge, their freeze temp 
>> rises, and a dead one will freeze, expand, and short the plates together. 
>> A lot of times the plastic housing may be bulged out from the expansion, 
>> making it obvious.
>>
>> -Wayne
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