From: Jeff Gatton (jdgatton@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Jun 03 2003 - 08:04:50 PDT
Here it is....from Jim "Ike" Newton
So I decided to try Battery Equaliser. I found the
company's web site
(you can search for "battery equaliser" (note the "s"
instead of a
"z") on Google and find them too...I won't shill
further!) and bought
a 12 ounce bottle for $21.50 including free shipping
and CA sales tax.
The label recommends 1 ounce per cell for 6TL and 6TN
batteries (yes,
it mentions 6TL and 6TN batteries right on the label!)
so a single 12
ounce bottle is enough for 2 6TL batteries.
So yesterday afternoon I pulled 1 ounce of acid out of
each cell with
a big syringe, and replaced each with 1 ounce of
Battery Equalizer in
each cell, then charged the batteries up overnight in
the same manner
I did previously.
Now every cell is showing 4 balls on the hydrometer!
The directions say that it may take up to 5
charge/discharge cycles to
fully remove all the sulfation, so just for good
measure I'm going to
run the batteries all the way down today and charge
them back up
overnight and the batteries should be as good as new!
I just wanted to pass this on to you all so maybe
you'll save money by
not having to replace your 6TL and other expensive
batteries! It
really worked for me and saved me over $300!
By the way, if you have one of those large wheeled 12
volt battery
chargers with a "Start" high-amperage setting, you CAN
start your 24
volt deuce with it. I didn't think the 12 volts would
do it, but it
fired the deuce right up, even at 12 volts! I just
connected the
positive clamp to the battery terminal that goes into
the truck's
system, and the negative clamp to the frame (spanning
the 12 volt
charger across 24 volts worth of batteries) and turned
it on, and it
fired right up. (You will need to view the diagram
below with a
monospaced font such as Courier.)
----------------
6TL 1 6TL 2 | |
--------- -------|- TO (+)
| (+)| | (+)|--TRUCK
-----------
| | | | | 24v POS |
12v |
| ========= | |
START |--(= AC
TO | | | | | |
CHARGER |
TRUCK---|(-) | |(-) |
-----------
FRAME -|------- --------- (-)
24v NEG | |
--------------------------------------
Just wanted to pass this along...might save some grief
for a lister
someday!
Thanks.
--Jim "Ike" Newton
--- Bobby Joe Pendleton II <bobbyjoe@chartertn.net> wrote: > I don't know about any chemical, but on a battery > that does not want to > charge you can place a board on the sides, and peck > it with a hammer a few > times. Do this on all sides and sometimes it will > take a charge again. I > have done this for two years now on my 55 Chevrolet. > It sits more that it is > driven and it gets to were it want charge.I don't > know what it does to it, > but it does work on some batteries. > > Bobby Joe Pendleton II > MVPA #17657 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul A. Thomas" <bluewhale@jaxkneppers.com> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" > <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 10:43 AM > Subject: [MV] Battery Chemical > > > > A few weeks ago someone on list posted information > about a chemical they > > had purchased which actually helped older > batteries come back to life. I > > haven't been able to find that post ( believe it > was an add on to another > > topic ). > > Could the author kindly repost the information for > us to contact them? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list=== > > To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: > <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org> > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to > <mil-veh-digest@mil-veh.org> > > To reach a human, contact <ack@mil-veh.org> > > > > ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list=== > To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: > <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to > <mil-veh-digest@mil-veh.org> > To reach a human, contact <ack@mil-veh.org>
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