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From: steve robinson on 23 Mar 2010 06:31 Ace wrote: > 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. Brownie points total gone up by one .
From: Ace on 23 Mar 2010 07:06 On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:31:09 +0000, "steve robinson" <steve(a)colevalleyinteriors.co.uk> wrote: >Ace wrote: >> 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. >Brownie points total gone up by one . Maybe, but then again, clearly the battery dying was my fault in the first place.
From: steve robinson on 23 Mar 2010 07:18 Ace wrote: > On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:31:09 +0000, "steve robinson" > <steve(a)colevalleyinteriors.co.uk> wrote: > > > Ace wrote: > > >> 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. > > > Brownie points total gone up by one . > > Maybe, but then again, clearly the battery dying was my fault in the > first place. Its always our fault
From: DozynSleepy on 23 Mar 2010 07:31
On 23/03/2010 11:18, steve robinson wrote: >> Ace wrote: >> >> Maybe, but then again, clearly the battery dying was my fault in the >> first place. > > Its always our fault Personally I prefer to say it was caused by the Gods, usually the one the person doing the blaming believes in. If they don't believe that it was their God then I say it must have been caused by one of my Gods. -- DozynSleepy |