Had a battery boil

From : yonzie

Q: took out my battery out of my spraycoupe and cleaned the posts check the water levels in each cell. decided to charge it up a bit. set the timer for two hours and left it. went to the shop a couple days later open the door and could smell battery gasses. here the charger did not shut off i had set the timer the wrong way to run continuous. it was still boiling away the casing was nice and warm. i just shutoff the timer and walked away. let the thing cool down and have the gasses disappear. today i looked at the battery. the cells were dry. added distilled water took quite abit and put it on low charge. went back after four hours the cells were freezing abit. didnt want to charge it any longer so i brought the battery into the house. wonderin now if i screwed up the battery or what are my chances of it taking a full charge again. am i wasting my time trying to charge up this battery dale .

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From : tbone

it sounds like your sol on that battery. after four hours even on a low charge it should not freeze. i would say that you probably cooked the material right off of the plates. if you have a hydrometer you can check the specific gravity of the cells but i think that you will find then wiped out. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving took out my battery out of my spraycoupe and cleaned the posts check the water levels in each cell. decided to charge it up a bit. set the timer for two hours and left it. went to the shop a couple days later open the door and could smell battery gasses. here the charger did not shut off i had set the timer the wrong way to run continuous. it was still boiling away the casing was nice and warm. i just shutoff the timer and walked away. let the thing cool down and have the gasses disappear. today i looked at the battery. the cells were dry. added distilled water took quite abit and put it on low charge. went back after four hours the cells were freezing abit. didnt want to charge it any longer so i brought the battery into the house. wonderin now if i screwed up the battery or what are my chances of it taking a full charge again. am i wasting my time trying to charge up this battery dale .

From : cbhvac

took out my battery out of my spraycoupe and cleaned the posts check the water levels in each cell. decided to charge it up a bit. set the timer for two hours and left it. went to the shop a couple days later open the door and could smell battery gasses. here the charger did not shut off i had set the timer the wrong way to run continuous. it was still boiling away the casing was nice and warm. i just shutoff the timer and walked away. let the thing cool down and have the gasses disappear. today i looked at the battery. the cells were dry. added distilled water took quite abit and put it on low charge. went back after four hours the cells were freezing abit. didnt want to charge it any longer so i brought the battery into the house. wonderin now if i screwed up the battery or what are my chances of it taking a full charge again. am i wasting my time trying to charge up this battery dale yup...replace it man. .

From : big al

took out my battery out of my spraycoupe and cleaned the posts check the water levels in each cell. decided to charge it up a bit. set the timer for two hours and left it. went to the shop a couple days later open the door and could smell battery gasses. here the charger did not shut off i had set the timer the wrong way to run continuous. it was still boiling away the casing was nice and warm. i just shutoff the timer and walked away. let the thing cool down and have the gasses disappear. today i looked at the battery. the cells were dry. added distilled water took quite abit and put it on low charge. went back after four hours the cells were freezing abit. didnt want to charge it any longer so i brought the battery into the house. wonderin now if i screwed up the battery or what are my chances of it taking a full charge again. am i wasting my time trying to charge up this battery dale dale you may have killed the battery but here is one thing you can try. charge the battery with a trickle charger for a few days. then dump all the acid out of all the cells and replace it with new acid. you can buy the acid at a real parts house or a battery shop. its not expensive so if the battery was less than two years old i would try it. al .

From : yonzie

nospamsal1@qwest.net wrote took out my battery out of my spraycoupe and cleaned the posts check the water levels in each cell. decided to charge it up a bit. set the timer for two hours and left it. went to the shop a couple days later open the door and could smell battery gasses. here the charger did not shut off i had set the timer the wrong way to run continuous. it was still boiling away the casing was nice and warm. i just shutoff the timer and walked away. let the thing cool down and have the gasses disappear. today i looked at the battery. the cells were dry. added distilled water took quite abit and put it on low charge. went back after four hours the cells were freezing abit. didnt want to charge it any longer so i brought the battery into the house. wonderin now if i screwed up the battery or what are my chances of it taking a full charge again. am i wasting my time trying to charge up this battery dale dale you may have killed the battery but here is one thing you can try. charge the battery with a trickle charger for a few days. then dump all the acid out of all the cells and replace it with new acid. you can buy the acid at a real parts house or a battery shop. its not expensive so if the battery was less than two years old i would try it. al thanks for the info al had the battery on slow charge and the outside cells are good but the other four are low on the fair scale. the cells were reading a lot lower before so they are charging up a bit. will give a few more days of charging to see what happens. do a load test also. battery is about 3 to 4 years old. al i didnt know if you could dump out the old acid and put new acid in an old battery dale .

From : tom lawrencetbone

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From : tbone

al nospamsal1@qwest.net wrote took out my battery out of my spraycoupe and cleaned the posts check the water levels in each cell. decided to charge it up a bit. set the timer for two hours and left it. went to the shop a couple days later open the door and could smell battery gasses. here the charger did not shut off i had set the timer the wrong way to run continuous. it was still boiling away the casing was nice and warm. i just shutoff the timer and walked away. let the thing cool down and have the gasses disappear. today i looked at the battery. the cells were dry. added distilled water took quite abit and put it on low charge. went back after four hours the cells were freezing abit. didnt want to charge it any longer so i brought the battery into the house. wonderin now if i screwed up the battery or what are my chances of it taking a full charge again. am i wasting my time trying to charge up this battery dale dale you may have killed the battery but here is one thing you can try. charge the battery with a trickle charger for a few days. then dump all the acid out of all the cells and replace it with new acid. you can buy the acid at a real parts house or a battery shop. its not expensive so if the battery was less than two years old i would try it. al thanks for the info al had the battery on slow charge and the outside cells are good but the other four are low on the fair scale. the cells were reading a lot lower before so they are charging up a bit. will give a few more days of charging to see what happens. do a load test also. battery is about 3 to 4 years old. al i didnt know if you could dump out the old acid and put new acid in an old battery dale sure you can but i doubt that it would do much for you or be worth while especially on such an old battery. while you might be able to get some life out of it i would not put that battery into any critical operations or you will probably be let down. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

From : Annonymous

hello group i have a 97 dakota 4 cylinder 2wd standard pick up. recently the heater stopped working i replaced the thermostat but still no heat. if i turn the switch to heat but dont turn on the fan a little heat comes out of the vents but if i turn on the fan all i get is cool air. any help so i can take care of this problem myself would be appreciated. robert. . 222 275376 3ffb92e9.16519023@.hiwaay.net new acid might help but it is unlikely since over charging tends to destroy the positive plates. the positive plate material tends to flake off and short out the cells. ohooooo***i see a new battery in you future*** on mon 05 jan 2004 011446 -0600 yonzie yonzie@mac.com wrote nospamsal1@qwest.net wrote took out my battery out of my spraycoupe and cleaned the posts check the water levels in each cell. decided to charge it up a bit. set the timer for two hours and left it. went to the shop a couple days later open the door and could smell battery gasses. here the charger did not shut off i had set the timer the wrong way to run continuous. it was still boiling away the casing was nice and warm. i just shutoff the timer and walked away. let the thing cool down and have the gasses disappear. today i looked at the battery. the cells were dry. added distilled water took quite abit and put it on low charge. went back after four hours the cells were freezing abit. didnt want to charge it any longer so i brought the battery into the house. wonderin now if i screwed up the battery or what are my chances of it taking a full charge again. am i wasting my time trying to charge up this battery dale dale you may have killed the battery but here is one thing you can try. charge the battery with a trickle charger for a few days. then dump all the acid out of all the cells and replace it with new acid. you can buy the acid at a real parts house or a battery shop. its not expensive so if the battery was less than two years old i would try it. al thanks for the info al had the battery on slow charge and the outside cells are good but the other four are low on the fair scale. the cells were reading a lot lower before so they are charging up a bit. will give a few more days of charging to see what happens. do a load test also. battery is about 3 to 4 years old. al i didnt know if you could dump out the old acid and put new acid in an old battery dale .

From : yonzie

frerichs@ro-dot.com frerichs@ro-dot.com wrote new acid might help but it is unlikely since over charging tends to destroy the positive plates. the positive plate material tends to flake off and short out the cells. ohooooo***i see a new battery in you future*** on mon 05 jan 2004 011446 -0600 yonzie yonzie@mac.com wrote nospamsal1@qwest.net wrote took out my battery out of my spraycoupe and cleaned the posts check the water levels in each cell. decided to charge it up a bit. set the timer for two hours and left it. went to the shop a couple days later open the door and could smell battery gasses. here the charger did not shut off i had set the timer the wrong way to run continuous. it was still boiling away the casing was nice and warm. i just shutoff the timer and walked away. let the thing cool down and have the gasses disappear. today i looked at the battery. the cells were dry. added distilled water took quite abit and put it on low charge. went back after four hours the cells were freezing abit. didnt want to charge it any longer so i brought the battery into the house. wonderin now if i screwed up the battery or what are my chances of it taking a full charge again. am i wasting my time trying to charge up this battery dale dale you may have killed the battery but here is one thing you can try. charge the battery with a trickle charger for a few days. then dump all the acid out of all the cells and replace it with new acid. you can buy the acid at a real parts house or a battery shop. its not expensive so if the battery was less than two years old i would try it. al thanks for the info al had the battery on slow charge and the outside cells are good but the other four are low on the fair scale. the cells were reading a lot lower before so they are charging up a bit. will give a few more days of charging to see what happens. do a load test also. battery is about 3 to 4 years old. al i didnt know if you could dump out the old acid and put new acid in an old battery dale yesterday charged the battery again and all the cells tested in the good. put the battery in the shop will leave it for awhile then do a load test. i think the battery will be ok. dale .