FOAK Car batteries

Thanks, but I think the shipping charges and delay would rule them
out. I'll stop at Esapce Emeraude on the way home tomorrow, as J says
she can do without the car during the day.

 

Throw some EDTA pills in it - chances are the electrolyte already has
some in, but some 'Battery Reviver' bollocks can work to a certain
extent. I'd only bother doing this to get a battery functioning enough
to get the car to the dealer's for trade-in, iyswim.
The full EDTA treatment involves, draining, flushing, refilling, EDTA,
charging, lots of holes in your jeans, etc. Not worth the hassle for the
most part.

 

Any reputable shop will test the old battery/system before selling you a
replacement.

 

Ethylene diamine tetracetate, IIRC, - it's a ligand (wraps itself around
metal ions).

 

So I replaced about 250ml with fresh acid, then put it back on charge,
and it was drawing >6A current. And one cell I hadn't properly screwed
the cap on was bubbling over, it seems. After three hours it still
wouldn't turn the engine over, so that's a fail then.

New battery installed this PM, as J said she didn't need it during the
day. Charging voltage was fine, so all should be OK new.

Thanks for th input anyway, everyone.

 

Brownie points total gone up by one .

 

Maybe, but then again, clearly the battery dying was my fault in the
first place.

 

Its always our fault

 

Personally I prefer to say it was caused by the Gods, usually the one
the person doing the blaming believes in. If they don't believe that it
was their God then I say it must have been caused by one of my Gods.