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From: Ace on 21 Mar 2010 17:54 On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:35:38 -0700 (PDT), Brian <brian.willis13(a)btinternet.com> wrote: >On 21 Mar, 17:27, Ace <b.rog...(a)ifrance.com> 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? > >If you need a new one I was recently pointed in the direction of this >lot www.tayna.co.uk/ by the FOAK in UKRM. Bloody good service and >price, so should the worst come to the worst maybe give them a try. Thanks, but I think the shipping charges and delay would rule them out. I'll stop at Esapce Emeraude on the way home tomorrow, as J says she can do without the car during the day.
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 21 Mar 2010 19:22 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> saying something like: >Clearly. And I intend to spedn precisely nothing on this one. Throw some EDTA pills in it - chances are the electrolyte already has some in, but some 'Battery Reviver' bollocks can work to a certain extent. I'd only bother doing this to get a battery functioning enough to get the car to the dealer's for trade-in, iyswim. The full EDTA treatment involves, draining, flushing, refilling, EDTA, charging, lots of holes in your jeans, etc. Not worth the hassle for the most part.
From: muddy cat on 21 Mar 2010 19:26 In article <xn0grwrft1rruys000(a)news.virginmedia.com>, "steve robinson" <steve(a)colevalleyinteriors.co.uk> wrote: > Before you condemn the battery , check the obvous like drive belts , > loose connections etc . Any reputable shop will test the old battery/system before selling you a replacement. -- Mike UKRMMA: 23 V-Strom (The warthog) The spirit of the living beings was in the wheels skype: muddycat
From: Derek Turner on 22 Mar 2010 06:22 On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:08:05 +0100, Ace wrote: >> >>EDTA can help > > Wassat then? > Ethylene diamine tetracetate, IIRC, - it's a ligand (wraps itself around metal ions).
From: Ace on 22 Mar 2010 15:31
On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:04:27 +0100, Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> wrote: >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? So I replaced about 250ml with fresh acid, then put it back on charge, and it was drawing >6A current. And one cell I hadn't properly screwed the cap on was bubbling over, it seems. After three hours it still wouldn't turn the engine over, so that's a fail then. New battery installed this PM, as J said she didn't need it during the day. Charging voltage was fine, so all should be OK new. Thanks for th input anyway, everyone. |