My wife"s car is a 2000 lesabre. We believe it was the original battery in the car but it puked while at wally world. Well, THEIR batteries did not fit so I called around and got a Federated for $75 vs. $125 for everyone else.
So I took the cap of (son of a bean to get it off), drained the acid out, filled with a solution of baking soda and distilled water and watched it foam. The acid solution was brown and the foamed solution was brown. I rinsed it out with a hose about 5 times and drained. Then I put 5 oz. of Alum in with distilled water and shook it up and filled the battery. After just a little charging it is up to 12.93 volts on a 2 amp charge. I will charge it overnight and then try either tonight yet or in the a.m. to see if it will start the car.
I watched youtube videos on this, including one where a guy had quite the setup with loadbanks, software on his laptop, etc., to record everything. Watched another where the guy started his pickup in the dead of winter in the north.
So, if you 6V battery goes belly up, you may want to try this. The Alum was like $5 and whatever for the distilled water. For probably $8, it is worth the chance to get the battery fixed vs. paying out the yingyang for another new one.
I will post results of the startup later.
So I took the cap of (son of a bean to get it off), drained the acid out, filled with a solution of baking soda and distilled water and watched it foam. The acid solution was brown and the foamed solution was brown. I rinsed it out with a hose about 5 times and drained. Then I put 5 oz. of Alum in with distilled water and shook it up and filled the battery. After just a little charging it is up to 12.93 volts on a 2 amp charge. I will charge it overnight and then try either tonight yet or in the a.m. to see if it will start the car.
I watched youtube videos on this, including one where a guy had quite the setup with loadbanks, software on his laptop, etc., to record everything. Watched another where the guy started his pickup in the dead of winter in the north.
So, if you 6V battery goes belly up, you may want to try this. The Alum was like $5 and whatever for the distilled water. For probably $8, it is worth the chance to get the battery fixed vs. paying out the yingyang for another new one.
I will post results of the startup later.