spiderman01980
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 02:43 PM |
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charging battery
am trying to charge my car battery, the charger says its charged but it wont start the car, the battery has been flat for a few months!!
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coozer
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 03:03 PM |
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Try connecting the battery leads back up.....
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Davey D
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 03:04 PM |
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If it is an intelligent charger, then they can sometimes have problems charging completely flat batteries. if your got an older style (non intelligent
charger) then id give that a go before trying anything else
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spiderman01980
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 03:13 PM |
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how long should it take to charge?
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 03:33 PM |
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Have you checked your earths?
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spiderman01980
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 04:03 PM |
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its all conected right, i jumped it with another battery and runs, i think the battery might be f**ked where its been sitting flat too long!
quote:
Originally posted by tomgregory2000
Have you checked your earths?
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John P
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| posted on 10/7/11 at 04:25 PM |
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If you can get access to the electrolyte (ie it's not a totally sealed battery) then you can buy batterey reviver (I believe under the name
Battery Tab).
This, I think, is basically a chemical called EDTA and I have certainly used it very successfully on the battery of my Vintage Austin which had been
left completely discharged for almost a year.
As others have said you need an old style battery charger with a totally flat battery.
John.
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