Battery/electrical Questions.....Was: Re: [AT] desulphating battery charg...

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In a message dated 7/18/2004 6:04:56 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
sweetcorn70 at hotmail.com writes:
At the farm I work at, there is an H.   It is still on 6 volt.  The battery 
seems to take a charge, but it'll  only run for 10-15 minutes after you 
charge it and then the battery is  dead(not even enough juice to make it 
fire).  The battery also goes  dead if you charge it up then leave it set for 
an hour or so.  Is that  battery junk?   Would it help it to dump the acid 
and refill it,  according to what you do below?  It hisses and bubbles when 
you leave  it charging.  One thing, when I first started this project the  
electrolyte level in the battery was low in all cells, and the boss just had  
me fill it up with tap water(I know, big no no, but he's a lot older than I  
am).  Could that be the problem?

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Buy  a new battery this one most likely has a dead cell in it.  Batteries are 
 cheap Eyes are not, I wouldn't play around trying to save an old battery for 
all  the Tea in China it just isn't worth the trouble that you can get  into.

Walt Davies
Cooper Hollow Farm
Monmouth, OR 97361
503  623-0460