Dang! Ran my 6v batteries dead............
Twice now I have managed to kill my Interstate 6v batteries twice flat. I am charging them back up now. What kind of damage do you think I may have done to the life span of these dudes? I purchase...
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FULL CHARGE means CHARGE not tickle them to death. Apply the charge and the keep the charge going. Hours All Day Days. Thirty hours, forty hours. Let all 6 cells bubble for 48 hours that's TWO DAYS of bubbling cells. If the batteries grow hot - 120+ degrees, stop the charge. But 48 hours of solid bubbling is not going to "hurt" badly sulfated batteries. Do not let voltage exceed sixteen point zero.
Frequently I have had to put 10 amps through a GC220 and keep constant 10 amps going through it for TWO DAYS before the cell electrolyte made it back up to 1.280 Is this registering or am I wasting bytes?
This should be done with the batteries disconnected and using a GOOD RELIABLE HYDROMETER. This is the way the US Navy recovered submarine batteries, this is the way the BCI Battery Council International recovers badly sulfated batteries and this is way I revovered hundreds of sulfated batteries over a 38 year span. It works. No it will not recover a damaged battery. But yes it saved hundreds of "bad" batteries which stunned many owners who griped But but but I CHARGED IT!"
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Frequently I have had to put 10 amps through a GC220 and keep constant 10 amps going through it for TWO DAYS before the cell electrolyte made it back up to 1.280 Is this registering or am I wasting bytes?
This should be done with the batteries disconnected and using a GOOD RELIABLE HYDROMETER. This is the way the US Navy recovered submarine batteries, this is the way the BCI Battery Council International recovers badly sulfated batteries and this is way I revovered hundreds of sulfated batteries over a 38 year span. It works. No it will not recover a damaged battery. But yes it saved hundreds of "bad" batteries which stunned many owners who griped But but but I CHARGED IT!"
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