Jon
Go to google and log onto Interstate batteries. As I recall they have a
trouble shooting and Q & A section.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Wennerberg" <jon@infodestruction.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 6:54 AM
Subject: Battery question - not really LSR...
> Yesterday I brought all four batteries inside - from our semi tractor - to
> clean and charge 'em. I wasn't able to get them to take enough charge to
> start the truck outdoors. One, or two, or maybe even three of them
> probably will need replacing, based on what I've discovered. But one
> thing I found has me wondering why it happens. Maybe one or more of you
> can help.
>
> These are 1000 CCA 12V lead-acid batteries. At least three of them have
> four or five good cells -- and one dead one. And in each of those it's
> the last cell -- the one nearest the negative terminal. A floating-ball
> specific gravity tester shows four or five floaters in the good cells, but
> that last one has (what must be) darn near drinking water inside -- the
> balls drop like rocks.
>
> Okay, the cell is dead and won't take a charge. Why is it that particular
> cell that went dead (vs. one of the cells mid-way through the battery,
> maybe)?
>
> Jon Wennerberg
> Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
> Marquette, Michigan
> (that's 'way up north)
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