Charles in Aus.
Well-known Member
I have a number of these batteries in various uses at the farm , the small sealed brick types .
A few have been letting go lately , most of them were from the scrapyard originally anyway so I am not so concerned but it is a pain having to find replacements .
I pulled the stuck on plastic cover plate off the 'absorbed glass' [ whatever that means ] battery in the John Deere mower I just got , [it was flat and wouldn't hold a charge ] then the rubber caps off each of the cells , every one was bone dry . Filled them with water , charged for a few hours and all seems good !
Am I living in a fool's Paradise ? Surely this can't be more than a temporary fix ?
A few have been letting go lately , most of them were from the scrapyard originally anyway so I am not so concerned but it is a pain having to find replacements .
I pulled the stuck on plastic cover plate off the 'absorbed glass' [ whatever that means ] battery in the John Deere mower I just got , [it was flat and wouldn't hold a charge ] then the rubber caps off each of the cells , every one was bone dry . Filled them with water , charged for a few hours and all seems good !
Am I living in a fool's Paradise ? Surely this can't be more than a temporary fix ?