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

[John Hall]

Ralph,
Just out of curiosity, how often do you guys crank up stuff during the 
winter?

John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
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Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Having battery problems--so how to fix?


>I leave batteries in all the equipment year round no matter how cold. They 
>seem to last a good long time this way so I will continue to do so. Its too 
>much trouble taking all those big heavy batteries out of the machinery and 
>into the basement of the house like I used to do many years ago.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
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> From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
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>>I guess the severity of the winter plays into the problem. Avg. winter 
>>days here are around 50 deg with night temps around the freezing mark. 
>>Battery problems from sitting in storage have never been a problem.  We 
>>seem to run into more dead batteries in the summer. We just leave 
>>batteries in everything and try not to let anything sit over 2-3 months 
>>without being cranked up. I guess we are far more fortunate than you guys 
>>living in areas where it doesn't get above freezing for a few weeks at the 
>>time.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "John Wilkens" <jwilkens at eoni.com>
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>> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 9:55 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.
>>>
>>>                    In the wide-open spaces of NE Oregon
>>>
>>>
>>>
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