[AT] Batteries

[John Hall]

Going to give a brutally honest opinion, go drop $7-900 of the bosses 
money on new batteries (I'm guessing there is nothing odd about those 
batteries) . When you need a piece of industrial equipment and it fails 
or you spend a few hours/days trying to get it back up in running on the 
cheap only for it not to work, you are going to lose money for the 
company. Not your fault (I hope) that the machinery wasn't kept in 
operational order. Now if this was yours at your shop, I would add water 
and patiently try to charge them. Seems I've heard an old tale about 
aspirin added to each cell, don't trust me search the net on that. Seems 
this discussion once on the list one time. Good luck!


John Hall


On 11/29/2021 1:39 PM, Brad Loomis wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm no battery guru at all. I know maintenance, charging, and those 
> things. I'm at one of our facilities that has been idle for about a 
> year. The scissors lift that I need has also been idle that long. No 
> electrolyte visible, not on a charger. What can I do to try to 
> resurrect the 4- 6V batteries? Add water, plug in, charger built in, 
> and hope for the best? Google leads me to various potions that I view 
> as snake oil.
> Thanks,
> Brad
>
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