From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Sat Jul 05 2003 - 06:32:08 PDT
Hi Jim from Fred, would you mind giving us a little detail on the
zapping of a 6TL battery? I've zapped ni-cads to knock the whiskers off
before...but never an automotive type. The zapper that I made for the
nicads has a capacitor to discharge into the battery to do it's
magic...and it works...on some...if there is any life left in them.
Anyone else know about this? Thanks, Fred Martin
Jim Newton wrote:
> Hi Dick...
>
> I use the EDTL chemical as well in my batteries. However, if you find
> yourself with a battery that has the symptoms first described in this
> thread, you are usually better off having the batteries zapped and
> THEN adding EDTL after the batteries have been recovered. The
> chemical is much better at re-dissolving small amounts of sulfation on
> the plates and keeping it off. If the sulfation is too thick, the
> chemical will not work to recover the battery.
>
>
>>Pay a visit to: www.sciencelab.com
>>
>>They have an anti-sulfation chemical that you can add to the your
>>battery and prevent the plates from sulfating.
>>\
>>Maybe you can buy it at an agricultural or commercial truck supply placed, too.
>>
>>Dick
>>
>>Jim Newton wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Kenneth...
>>>
>>>Take it to your local battery house (not Pep Boys...an industrial or
>>>agricultural battery place) and ask them to zap the battery and test
>>>it for you. Most places charge around $10 to do this. In almost all
>>>cases, this will revive the battery. The plates on the 6TL batteries
>>>are so thick that they are not prone to corrosion or decay. The
>>>problem that they have in HMVs is they build up sulfation. Zapping
>>>the battery blows off the sulfation.
>>>
>>>Good luck!
>>>
>>>
>>>>Greetings list. My deuce tractor suddenly developed a starting problem. I had
>>>>one episode of slower cranking and then no start. I checked the batteries and
>>>>the rear battery was at 13+ volts. The front was at 10.5 volts. Slaved the
>>>>truck and took it for a spin. Volt meter reading was normal. Parked the truck,
>>>>attempted to restart, click click. Today I pulled the low battery and hooked
>>>>it up to the charger. The battery just isn't accepting a charge. I even went
>>>>around the battery with a small dead blow hammer and gave it a few taps. These
>>>>batteries appear recent. Any ideas what might cause one battery to do this or
>>>>is it just a bad battery? It's never been center tapped by me and I seriously
>>>>doubt if the previous owner center tapped it. Can I get away with replacing
>>>>just one battery? 6TLs in my area are near $150.
>>>>Regards,
>>>>Kenny
>>>>
>>>>Kenneth Engle
>>>>Loxahatchee FL
>>>>71 A.M. General M35A2
>>>>73 A.M. General M275A2
>>>>53 Fruehauf XM105E3
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