What to do with a battery with one bad cell
Submitted: Monday, Jan 31, 2005 at 16:46
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Robbg
A recent thread mentioned hydrometer readings, and I think it was Jimbo who was trying Inox to revive an old (but not completely dead) battery. I have a two batteries I'm checking.
One battery is a large exide that returns high hydrometer readings (in the green - 1300) and suggests a good state of charge but on a 3 amp load (tv/vcr) only lasts for a couple of hours. Does this suggest sulphation, and would inox fix it?
The second battery is smaller, but runs the same 3 amp load for several hours. Hydrometer readings are in the green (1300) for all cells except one which reads 1175 (red). Is it possible for one cell to sulphate, and would inox fix it?
Thanks,
Rob.