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

[D. Day]

For sure it's an acquired taste.  And Rog thinks MY taste buds are bad 
because I like Coors Lite!


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From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
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Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 7:49 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Having battery problems--so how to fix?


Hi Dick,

To each his own but I'd as soon drink the battery acid as the Malt Scotch.
That stuff tastes like cigarette ashes to me.  LOL

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D. Day" <ddss at telebeep.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Having battery problems--so how to fix?


> Do what Rog does... top it off with Single Malt Scotch.  "It" being Rog,
> not
> the battery.  Follow his example and you won't care if the battery is
> dead.
>
> Dick
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Wilkens" <jwilkens at eoni.com>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 8:55 PM
> Subject: [AT] Having battery problems--so how to fix?
>
>
> 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.
>
>                    In the wide-open spaces of NE Oregon
>
>
>
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