[AT] Having battery problems--so how to fix?

[John Wilkens]

Yep, "Cat" as in Caterpillar--in big yellow letters on the battery.  Forget 
who actually makes them.  Western Equipment sells Caterpillar equipment and 
Cat batteries in our area.



At 08:57 PM 03/24/2006, you wrote:
>Cat as in Caterpillar?
>
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>From: "John Wilkens" <jwilkens at eoni.com>
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>Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 8:55 PM
>Subject: [AT] Having battery problems--so how to fix?
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>Say you have 6 old tractors sitting outside through the winter and they all
>have batteries in various conditions,   how's the best way to preserve them
>for use the next season?   I've heard different things about this but never
>paid much attention.    I assume you would take them out of the tractors
>and:
>1)  Put them on a wooden surface (heard that somewhere)?    2)  Charge them
>up good and then leave them alone for say a month and then recharge
>them?     3)  Keep them on a trickle charger all winter?    4)  Let them
>drain off about 1/2 charge before recharging ?   5) Alternate between
>trickle charging and regular battery charger charging?    6)  Or
>?????              Another thing...I heard you could take an older weak
>battery and hook it up to 40 or 60 amps for a short time to "rattle the
>plates" to revive them.  Any truth in that?   (I tried it once on a shot
>battery and all it did was heatup the battery and totally kill
>it).    Whatever.  Over the years I've had pretty good luck with Cat
>batteries....both 6 and 12 volt.     John W.
>
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