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Butcher

05-28-2006 06:21:04




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We've got a golf cart at work that we use for getting back and forth from the shop to the field. The shop boy isnt very good about checking fluids and such. Turns out the batteries have been boiled dry. Is there any way to revive them? I'm thinking no but thought someone might now a trick or two.




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Mark - IN.

05-29-2006 03:37:29




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 Re: Boiled batteries in reply to Butcher, 05-28-2006 06:21:04  
As a kid working in a garage after school, one of the mechanics emptied the eclectrolyte from one, then filled with water/dish soap, then charged until was sudsing out (was a mess), then rinsed out, filled with electrolyte and charged. Gotta admit, it worked. Then a few years later when I was a punkster working at an auto parts store, some folks came in one cold winter day that were poorer than church mice with an exploded battery, couldn't afford our cheapest at the time, so I checked the used batteries (cores) with a tester, found one that was low but seemed good and tried the same thing as the old timer. Really didn't cost anything but time since we got electrolyte in bulk, and I traded them the battery I'd geguvenated so to speak for theirs. They ran it for over a year before they came in and got a new one. They got a battery for like $1 worth of electrolyte, I didn't get into trouble as a punkster... All was well that ended well for them at least that day. Hey, I couldn't have asked for more.

Mark

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T_Bone

05-28-2006 21:03:14




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 Re: Boiled batteries in reply to Butcher, 05-28-2006 06:21:04  
Hi Butcher,

I just went thru this with my cart as I let it set for 2yrs without recharging. The battery's were low on water about 1/2" below the surface. I refilled with distilled water then charged. I saved 2 out of 6. Alot of time involved to save 2 battery's but time is all I have. I haven't load tested the 2 but I expect them too fail the load test.

At $71 eh new, it's kinda hard not just to buy new battery's as 10 to 1 that's where your heading anyway. Only a load test and hydrometer will tell for sure.

T_Bone

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Dave in Tx

05-28-2006 07:32:53




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 Re: Boiled batteries in reply to Butcher, 05-28-2006 06:21:04  
Lay batteries on their side, wash out with pressure washer with no soap, refil with battery acid. I save more than half of my batteries that way



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James in North Carolina

05-28-2006 06:49:24




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 Re: Boiled batteries in reply to Butcher, 05-28-2006 06:21:04  
A friend of mine left his cart on the charger to long and did the same thing. He was able to get the batteries goign again, but they ran down in just a few minutes. He had to but all new batteries...and a smart charger.



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bjb in NE

05-28-2006 06:44:20




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 Re: Boiled batteries in reply to Butcher, 05-28-2006 06:21:04  
You could try adding distilled or reverse osmosis water to the batteries to the proper level. Let them sit a while to redissolve the electrolyts, then try charging them with a trickle charger, and finally checking the charge with a battery hydrometer.



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