[Shop-talk] battery revival

[Mark Watson]

Damn – just can’t resist

Was it an ol’ timey tent revival?  Did the preacher give a good ol’ fire and damnation sermon?  And the battery still didn’t see the light and get the power of the lord and get revived?

(Honestly I’m NOT putting down religion – my wife is an ordained minister – I’m just having a little fun about “Revivals”).

Ducking to avoid any flames,

Mark

From: john niolon 
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 10:29 PM
To: shop-talk 
Subject: [Shop-talk] battery revival


I've got a 12 volt 750 cca Exide battery, probably 4-5 years old and seldom used   It is permanently mounted on my car hauler trailer... runs the winch. I have a 1 amp (I think) solar panel keeping it topped off and occasionally I switch it to the breakaway battery. Probably been 6-8 months since I've used it and when I did.. it died rather quickly... charging would bring it back... but again sagged quickly. The cells were a little low on water but not below the plates... topped them off and put it on a batteryminder maintenance charger... 

I can get it up to 14 volts... but when I put it under load it drops to about 4 it's been on this charger for days 

diagnosis ??? salvageable ??? 

thanks 
john
 


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