Dead battery question
Many people on here are smart with electric...I did something pretty stupid. Took off for 7 months and forgot to disconnect the house battery. Of course its dead. I'm trying to see how bad I mes...
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Sam Spade wrote:path1 wrote:
Really don't want to pull battery and take to auto part store to test if I absolutely don't have to.
You probably have to.
You probably have to get a new one too.
It probably went dead in the first 2 weeks and just sitting there DEAD for 6 months would cause a lot of sulfation, which will cause total failure fairly soon.....even if it does appear to charge up OK.
Bite the bullet now or it will bite you later.
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Seven months is too long for any chance of usable recovery. Chances are it will **** out on one of your next trips. Believe me, I've tried to recover many "dead" batteries.
