[AT] Old spark plus found/now battery
Larry Goss
rlgoss at insightbb.com
Sat May 7 08:16:08 PDT 2011
Don't forget, guys, that the susceptibility to freezing is a direct result of the specific gravity of the electrolyte. That's why float chargers are now so popular.
A fully charged battery is comparable to having anti-freeze in your radiator.
Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 7, 2011 8:55:50 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Old spark plus found/now battery
On 5/7/2011 6:06 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> It talks about storing a new battery at that temperature and I can see where
> that would slow the chemical reaction but it doesn't say to use the battery
> at that temp. I suspect it needs to warm up before being placed in use.
> Just a guess.
>
> Charlie
>
Even in the sixties it was the popular belief here that vehicle and
machinery batteries must be taken into the house for storage for the
winter. It made for a lot of unnecessary work, especially as tractors
got bigger and had 2 big batteries. Eventually I abandoned this practice
(got lazy). Currently my biggest diesel tractor has a set of batteries
over ten years old that have never been taken out since I installed them
new. Apparently sitting out there in unheated storage every winter has
not hurt them.
Ralph in Sask.
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