[AT] desulphating battery chargers

[Jerry Rhodes]

yes Cecil, in the box $6.98 + tax, I use the plas tube, facesheild, rubber
gloves and rubber rainsuit.
I ran the battery shop for 3.5 yrs in the Navy at ACB 2 and UDT 21 in Va. we
had about 170 batteries in service at a time, the old gent from Westinghouse
that helped us redo the shop used this method to service our batteries.
Another thing he said was to cycle the batteries, mainlly the ones that got
little use, i.e. load test, discharge the battery( used a headlite, run it
down until you can just see the lite) recharge, and retest in 3 steps,
headlite for 1 min right after recharge, again for 2 min 4 hrs later, and
again for 2 min at 8 hrs after recharge. Normally a battery with a short or
was gruded up would fail the 1st 2 min test at 4 hrs. Remeber SAFETY 1st,
and Walt, thanks for the memories of old Geo from Westinghouse.
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: Sunday, July 18, 2004 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] desulphating battery chargers


> > The ones I have in my EZ-GOcart, the Cushman cart and the ones ready for
my
> > Cushman Truckster are about 7 yrs old, I rework them (18) about two
months
> > ago, the Cushman cart has been in 2 parades and 2 fairs and 1 feamarket
(1
> > day) and I just recharged them today (12 hrs) so they hold up well, hope
> > this answers your ?, thanks
> > Jerry NW Ohio
>
>
> Thanks, Jerry, I appreciate your trouble to explain this further.
> I have a gallon "box" of acid now that came from NAPA and I am going to
> assume this is how you buy it. Seems like it cost me about $7 or so. I
> bought it to energize a large 6 volt battery that has never been used and
> never got around to it. The darn battery was too small for my two electric
> golf carts and too large for the battery holder in any of my tractors.
>
> Do you use the acid right out of the box with the plastic tube or
> do you transfer it to something else - glass or whatever?
>
> I'm going to try your method. I have too many tractors with
> batteries that just go bad to let this go. I can't believe the quality
> is that much worse than it ever was and think it might be the sitting
> there doing nothing with the charge going down slowly that does it.
>
> I think my EZGo golf cart with the batteries that are slowly
> fading would be a good candidate for your method. It could be one or
> two of them have buckled plates that are dragging down the rest or they
> may come back up if emptied, flushed and new acid put in.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> 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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