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I've heard of people putting EDTA into batteries, but I don't know if =
that was a fad or needs to work in conjunction with a charging regimen =
that no one wanted to follow.
jim
> On Jun 21, 2020, at 3:42 PM, Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com> =
wrote:
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> This reminds me of an older mechanic I worked with...His solution for =
batteries, in the days when you could take the caps off, was to short =
the terminals with a big heavy chunk of metal. When it was fully =
discharged, he'd turn it upside down and rinse all the sediment out of =
the cells. Then fill it with distilled water, and charge it back up. =
I'm an engineer, not a chemist, so I don't understand exactly how this =
works, but I saw it work at least once to extend the life of a "dead" =
battery.
>=20
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 3:32 PM Jack Brooks <jibrooks@live.com =
> Yes a battery tender or battery minder would be you best bet. Leave =
it on there for at least a week. You may need to boost it with a =
charger if it won't get started for to lie voltage, but that is your =
best bet for saving the battery=20
>=20
> I use a BatteryMinder, likely the same basic circuitry as the tender,. =
I have brought back some really weak batteries, some that would barely =
crank the engine over by leaving them on that "pulse" cycle for a week =
or more and now they work great even in the cold winter months. What =
they claim it does, is break down the sulfate growth between cells, =
which is what eventually kills the battery.
>=20
> I usually put every battery in the garage on it for a day or two a =
year as a precaution. The dying batteries are still running strong.
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> Jack
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">I've =
heard of people putting EDTA into batteries, but I don't know if that =
was a fad or needs to work in conjunction with a charging regimen that =
no one wanted to follow.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">jim<br class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite"=
class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Jun 21, 2020, at 3:42 PM, Jeff Scarbrough =
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class=3D"">fishplate@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"">This reminds me of an older mechanic I worked with...His =
solution for batteries, in the days when you could take the caps off, =
was to short the terminals with a big heavy chunk of metal. When =
it was fully discharged, he'd turn it upside down and rinse all the =
sediment out of the cells. Then fill it with distilled water, and =
charge it back up. I'm an engineer, not a chemist, so I don't =
understand exactly how this works, but I saw it work at least once to =
extend the life of a "dead" battery.</div><br class=3D""><div =
class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun =
21, 2020 at 3:32 PM Jack Brooks <<a href=3D"mailto:jibrooks@live.com"; =
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Yes a battery tender or battery minder would be you best =
bet. Leave it on there for at least a week. You may need to =
boost it with a charger if it won't get started for to lie voltage, but =
that is your best bet for saving the battery
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I use a BatteryMinder, likely the same basic circuitry as the =
tender,. I have brought back some really weak batteries, some that =
would barely crank the engine over by leaving them on that "pulse" cycle =
for a week or more and now they work great even in the
cold winter months. What they claim it does, is break down the =
sulfate growth between cells, which is what eventually kills the =
battery.<br class=3D"">
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I usually put every battery in the garage on it for a day or two a year =
as a precaution. The dying batteries are still running =
strong.</div>
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