I was given a Lucas 643 battery that had been hanging round work for a few years, i don't think it had ever been used. I got it home and put it on charge using one of those charges from lidl, i think it's supposed to be able to recover old batteries, after 2 days on charge the charge said it was full but when tested it is only holding 9.1v.
Is it buggered? ( i think i know what the answer will be but i just thought i'd ask as i'm new to all this)
And is my only option to take it to the tip?
Cheers
Mike
Leisure Battery voltage
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Re: Leisure Battery voltage
tip it.
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The plates will be badly sulphated after that length of time...no amount of smart charging is going to recover several years of sulphation.
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Re: Leisure Battery voltage
Thought so, thanks for the fast replies
Mike
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