You have sulfated plates and the battery needs to be replaced. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.kegkits.com
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of pat Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 1:13 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: NVC Small battery question Or maybe better said, a question about a small battery. Not for a Vanagon, but I hope to garner some list wisdom and maybe help someone else with the knowledge in the future. I have an ATV/motorsport battery (9BS) that is acting strange. It shows 12.6V at rest, but drops to about 0.13V when any load is applied, even a 12V lightbulb. I popped the caps and the electrolyte was very low in all the cells. The plates looked pretty clean so I bought some battery acid and filled it up. Gave it a 2amp charge until indicated fully charged, about 4-5 hours later. Now my test light burns bright- promising. However, when installed in my motorcycle, it cranks half a turn and dies. So, the battery is probably damaged even though the inside looks pretty good, from what I can see.
Just thought maybe someone here has some experience with bringing batteries like this back to life. Any help or advice before I buy a new battery is appreciated. ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 2113/4829 - Release Date: 02/24/12 |
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