Battery

[Voodoo]

My battery is now 13 years old. The last 2 winters it has needed a 2 day
trickle charge mid winter to rejuvenate it, but it is still going OK.


On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 02:40:26 +0000, Alan Fisher wrote:

On a different note: Dead batteries - DONT GIVE UP on it! I got back from a
month overseas and my alarm had drained it totally, not even a glimmer of a
dash light, flat. Jump started it, drove for an hour, let it idle for 2 or 3
hours - turned it off and then went to start it and not even a flicker...

All conventional battery wisdom says that a 10 year old battery that wont
take ANY charge over such a period is toast. Priced up a new one, got
depressed, bought the lowest output trickle charger I could from the
warehouse for about $25 - put it on that for 2 days - put the battery back
on the car and it J U S T started. Not holding out much hope at this point I
drove the car always mindfull that it might not start after I turned it off
- but over time the battery "recovered" - took a week or so of driving - but
is now up to full strength - holds plenty of charge over time and is as good
as new - has been for months. So dont give up - batteries that seem beyond
saving can be nursed back to full health... (something to do with absorbtion
glass mat batteries only being able to accept very low currents - look on
the net for more info)

Hope this helps someone...

Alan