[AT] desulphating battery chargers

[Jerry Rhodes]

Cecil, I have 4 carts, I redo the batteries by dumping out the acid (by now
very low) I flush with water and refill with new acid, now these batteries
were several years old when I got them, and out of 38 batteries I have 18
redone and they hold a good charge, two would not and I'm working on the
rest. Most people just keep adding water, that just thins out the mix, works
for me
Jerry NW Ohio
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cecil E Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] desulphating battery chargers


> > I've tried my charger on several batteries; a couple of car batteries, a
> > bunch of 6 volt golf car batteries, and a tired garden tractor battery.
The
> > only battery that triggered the desulphation mode was the garden tractor
> > battery, and it wasn't able to help it.  I guess my results are
> > inconclusive.
> >
> > Phil Vorwerk
> > Courtland, MN
>
>
> I've been reading the comments on these chargers and have come
> to about the same conclusion as your post. Most batteries seem to die
> of other causes than becoming sulphated. Your results may be indicative
> of how these are going to work, Phil.
>
> I wondered about the golf cart batteries. I have two electric
> golf carts and the batteries in my newest EZGo are starting to give less
> than expected performance. It was for this reason that I have been looking
> at desulphating chargers. The batteries on mine are kept full of distilled
> water and all the connections are clean. I use the tapered charger that
> came with it to give it a full charge whenever it starts to slow down but
> it seems that the charge doesn't last as long as it should any more. The
> sales literature promises that you can use it for 9 eighteen hole rounds
> of golf before charging and I think it has slowly decreased to maybe 5
> rounds - or about half what it should be. I was hoping someone would find
> that it brought golf cart batteries back up.
>
> Cecil
> --
> The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
> what you said.
>
> Cecil E Monson
> Lucille Hand-Monson
> Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole
>
> Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment
>
> Free advice
>
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