That's an AWESOME punch line!
On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 12:45 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> back in the day, I dumped the 62 190Dc battery out, then refilled it with
> acid. I also exercised it by alternately running it down with a headlamp,
> then recharging
back in the day, I dumped the 62 190Dc battery out, then refilled it
with acid. I also exercised it by alternately running it down with a
headlamp, then recharging with 4 amp charger. I kept it alive for a
year or so, until the car was stolen.
Mitch Haley via Mercedes
It's been a few decades since college chemistry classes, but the dead
battery has accumulated particles of lead sulfate which is the reaction of
the lead plates and the sulfuric acid solution over time. As the particles
separate from the plates, they migrate to the space at the bottom of the
> > Kaleb wrote:
> >
> > See that's the thing. So all these videos show dumping the
> > acid and refilling with distilled water and epsom salt, so I
> > guess then it does not have acid anymore, unless the salt
> > water turns into acid.
The salt water is alkaline, I believe. So it won't turn to
They don't work without acid. The acid's sulfur combines (reversibly) with
the lead as part of the electrochemical reaction. Anything else is more
like a cleaning step.
-- Jim
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They don't show you driving to FLAPS, ordering a gallon of H2SO4, and refilling
the battery?
I remember reading similar advice in the Tips column in Cycle Magazine in the
early 1970s, pretty much amounted to dump acid, refill with water, wrap in foam
padding, beat with sledgehammer, flush with
See that's the thing. So all these videos show dumping the acid and refilling
with distilled water and epsom salt, so I guess then it does not have acid
anymore, unless the salt water turns into acid. I just don't know about battery
chemistry and such.
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> On Sep 30, 2017,
Throwing in the towel now or flushing them with distilled again, filling with
battery acid from FLAPS, and trying to charge them up?
Mitch.
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So I had a set of batteries out of the truck I was going to try to see if I
could drain the batteries and fill with distilled water and epsom salt solution
as shown online in many videos. Did that, put on charger at 2 amps which they
say to leave on for 36-48 hours. After probably 18 hours it
