Search found 4 matches

by ViKARLL
Sat Oct 03, 2015 10:52 am
Forum: Batteries and Battery Experiments
Topic: Life of Lead Acid Batteries
Replies: 20
Views: 70096

Re: Life of Lead Acid Batteries

OK, I’ll try that first. But if it fails, it looks like I am against a blind wall. As I suspected, the battery manufacturers in my country have completely stopped producing 6V batteries. They have also stopped repairing cells of hard-rubber batteries altogether. Mine is 6V, 90Ah - old style hard-rub...
by ViKARLL
Fri Oct 02, 2015 1:26 am
Forum: Batteries and Battery Experiments
Topic: Life of Lead Acid Batteries
Replies: 20
Views: 70096

Re: Life of Lead Acid Batteries

Thank you for your advice. I have topped it with distilled water and charged it for 48 hours and the SG of two cells are normal now. But the third is still in the “Red” zone of the hydrometer, though the voltage of that cell reads 2.24 (sorry, I don’t have a load tester) Now, my questions are these;...
by ViKARLL
Tue Sep 29, 2015 8:26 pm
Forum: Batteries and Battery Experiments
Topic: Life of Lead Acid Batteries
Replies: 20
Views: 70096

Re: Life of Lead Acid Batteries

Thank you for your advice.

I did exactly that and now it is on charger. Shall revert with the result in a day or two, after a slow charge.
by ViKARLL
Mon Sep 28, 2015 12:32 pm
Forum: Batteries and Battery Experiments
Topic: Life of Lead Acid Batteries
Replies: 20
Views: 70096

Re: Life of Lead Acid Batteries

Hi Gentlemen, I need some advice and hope I am on the correct thread. About two years back, I purchased an old-style ebonite (probably the last to be manufactured here) EXIDE 6V lead-acid battery for my classic car. I could not drive the car for more than two weeks thereafter, owing to some other pr...