[Spridgets] Battery R&R and Fiat

Kathryn Bales kgb at frontiernet.net
Wed May 6 08:34:27 MDT 2009


You can try replacing the acid by putting two plain old aspirin in each 
cell and putting it on trickle charge overnight.  I've had very good 
luck with this tactic.

Kate


Timothy H. Collins wrote:
> One of my neighbors threw out a 12V Milwaukee took battery. Not the 
> nice nicad, or lithium packs you picture in your mind, but a nice 
> metal book which contains a 12V lead acid garden tractor size battery. 
> A receipt in the box shows the battery was purchased in 1995. After 
> all these years it doesn't contain any (much) acid, but otherwise the 
> battery looks new. I doubt that it saw hard service. Is it possible to 
> R&R a 12V lead acid battery with this kind of history? I tried filling 
> the cells with water but it won't take a charge (Oh about 4 volts is 
> all.) The battery is 7.75" wide, 5.125" deep, and 6" high (with posts 
> 7" high) and has a sticker - 1982299 - the only surviving ID tag. The 
> battery was purchased at an Auto Value store.


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