From: Paul A. Thomas (bluewhale@jaxkneppers.com)
Date: Tue Jun 03 2003 - 14:49:47 PDT
Thanks Ed, Jeff and of course Jim!
Paul
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At 08:04 AM 6/3/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>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
> > >
> > >
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