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From: sweller on 21 Mar 2010 14:01 Ace wrote: > So clearly I'll need to get a new one, but was wondering if removing > some of the old fluid and topping up with unused battery acid would > extend its life, at least for a few days untuil I get a new one. Any > thoughts? EDTA can help if it's sulphation but in reality if it's got to that stage only a new one will solve the problem. Although, having said that I managed to extend a Guzzi battery (big, simple brute of a battery) by another 18 months using EDTA. I have a feeling modern charging systems (i.e. anything post anything I own) are quite fussy about batteries. -- Simon
From: Speedgazebo MOTP #1 on 21 Mar 2010 14:04 On 21 Mar, 17:44, Derek Turner <frde...(a)cesmail.net> wrote: > On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:27:28 +0100, Ace wrote: > > So clearly I'll need to get a new one, but was wondering if removing > > some of the old fluid and topping up with unused battery acid would > > extend its life, at least for a few days untuil I get a new one. Any > > thoughts? > > Try painting it pink: it will do just as much good. It's fucked. Get a > new one tomorrow as soon as the shops open. Wot he said, no point in messing around. Fucked battery = buy a new one. -- Speedgazebo
From: Ace on 21 Mar 2010 14:04 On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:40:18 +0000, steve auvache <dont_spam(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote: >In article <98lcq5l93kpkig889odd5o7cqnmjd22m47(a)4ax.com>, Ace ><b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> writes >>So the battery on J's Peugeot seems to be on the way out, > >>So clearly I'll need to get a new one, but was wondering if removing >>some of the old fluid and topping up with unused battery acid would >>extend its life, at least for a few days untuil I get a new one. Any >>thoughts? > >It might or it might not depending on what is causing the old battery to >misbehave. Worth doing if you happen to have a surplus of acid left >over from dissolving the evidence anyway because it certainly won't be >any worse after. Just checked, and the charging rate has dropped to ~1.7A. Is that a sign that it's taking charge better now that when in the car?
From: Ace on 21 Mar 2010 14:08 On 21 Mar 2010 18:01:52 GMT, "sweller" <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >Ace wrote: > >> So clearly I'll need to get a new one, but was wondering if removing >> some of the old fluid and topping up with unused battery acid would >> extend its life, at least for a few days untuil I get a new one. Any >> thoughts? > >EDTA can help Wassat then? > if it's sulphation but in reality if it's got to that stage >only a new one will solve the problem. How would I know if it's sulphation?
From: "Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot" on 21 Mar 2010 14:10
"Ace" <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> wrote in message news:98lcq5l93kpkig889odd5o7cqnmjd22m47(a)4ax.com... > So the battery on J's Peugeot seems to be on the way out, but I know > there's some experts here so I thought I'd see if there's anything I > can do to extend its life. > > Symptoms are that it's been reluctant to start for a few weeks, with > clearly only just enough charge to get it going. That is to say that > it's turning the engine over at noticeably lower speed than normal. > > Today, only three days after it did a long run (100"km) it wouldn't > start at all. A push start got it going first time, and then it was > driven home, a distance of 140km. Now the battery's giving just enough > to start it, but clearly is lacking. > > So I've taken it out and checked fluid levels - all cells are at the > normal level - and put it on charge, where it's drawing 2A. > > So clearly I'll need to get a new one, but was wondering if removing > some of the old fluid and topping up with unused battery acid would > extend its life, at least for a few days untuil I get a new one. Any > thoughts? > Google epsom salts and car battery. Si |