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

[charlie hill]

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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