At 05:01 PM 10/27/97 -0800, you wrote:
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>I have a battery for my TR4 that has seen better days.
>
>The date sticker says Jan 91. It has been sitting for the past 5 years or
>so. When I got it, it was dead dead dead; only read 1.3 volts or so. My
>automagic charger wouldn't even recognize that it had a battery hooked up.
>
>I got the charger to go by giving the battery a "jump start" with a
>different battery (small Ni-Cd pack for radio control car) and now the
>charger is putting 3 amps into the battery (half rated output)
>
>Am I flogging a dead horse? (er battery) Can old batteries be revived?
>
Yes, It can be revived. But it is a lot of trouble. You need to
(chemically) remove the build-up from the plates inside the battery. If
it is an old one with caps, you could start with fresh electrolite. Can be
had a bigger auto parts.
Thomas Howard
1972 Triumph GT6,
(& a good bit of USA iron)
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