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I have a big old 4D style battery that was given to me by a local forklift shop. It sat on their shelves for about 5 years, untouched, never used.
freeisgood
I checked the acid levels, and all plates were submerged by a good margin.
I hooked it to a 15amp smart charger, and away it went, i thought i was in business. But a few hours later i checked on it, and it was at 12.4v, and said Bad Bat, the generic error on these chargers.
I checked the fluid again, still good, but i topped it off with distilled water to be sure, and dropped it back on the charger, this time at 2 amps. Went out and bought a cheap hydrometer.
Same problem, 12.4 volts, failed to complete charge. I did some math, and figured out that is 5 fully charged cells, and one shorted one.
How clear will this be on Specific Gravity? If at all?
Is there any way to unshort said cell?
HELP!
freeisgood
I checked the acid levels, and all plates were submerged by a good margin.
I hooked it to a 15amp smart charger, and away it went, i thought i was in business. But a few hours later i checked on it, and it was at 12.4v, and said Bad Bat, the generic error on these chargers.
I checked the fluid again, still good, but i topped it off with distilled water to be sure, and dropped it back on the charger, this time at 2 amps. Went out and bought a cheap hydrometer.
Same problem, 12.4 volts, failed to complete charge. I did some math, and figured out that is 5 fully charged cells, and one shorted one.
How clear will this be on Specific Gravity? If at all?
Is there any way to unshort said cell?
HELP!