Posted by George Marsh on August 17, 2014 at 07:10:16 from (50.121.47.19):
I finally got around to removing the battery caps and all the cells were a little low on water, the plates on one cell was almost exposed. So I filled battery, used about a pint of distilled water. The cell that I added the most water showed discharge with hydrometer, the rest showed full charge. I would expect that.
Now here is the brain teaser. Both are marine type batteries. One is the original in dump trailer, the other I used occasionally on my electric wench and trolling motor. The original battery measured around 835 cca when it was newer. Today it measured in at 650cca and 12.79v after being off the crapsman smart charger a few days. The smart charger didn't turn off cooking the HS(hydrogen sulfide) out of battery.
I removed the second marine battery that was in parallel with the first. The second battery is a cheap excide. It measured in at 530 cca and 12.77v. All cells passed the hydrometer test. When new, the battery measured in around the same cca.
Now go figure, Stinky battery shows better cca than newer excide, slightly better voltage, nothing to brag about.
Now is the time to connect my batteryminder 12248 to the stinky battery and run it through many desulfating cycles to see just how good the charger is and what it does to the dry cell. I'll report back. I have never seen battery bring a battery back from the dead. Not sure my smelly battery is completely dead. Just have to wait and see. George
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