Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 18y 6m 27d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 02/02/15 06:38 AM Share Posted 02/02/15 06:38 AM That's all you need to do. WHat's the max amps you can recharge it at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeze_dk I am dissatisfied with my current employment situation Donating Members 8,610 Member For: 17y 6m 22d Gender: Male Posted 02/02/15 06:57 AM Share Posted 02/02/15 06:57 AM A autoelec once told be to replace a battery every 3 years to stop it straining the starter motor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,292 Member For: 16y 10d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/02/15 07:43 AM Author Share Posted 02/02/15 07:43 AM That's all you need to do. WHat's the max amps you can recharge it at?1.6 amps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 18y 6m 27d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 02/02/15 08:01 AM Share Posted 02/02/15 08:01 AM get a bigger charger mate. What's the reserve capacity of the battery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,292 Member For: 16y 10d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/02/15 08:02 AM Author Share Posted 02/02/15 08:02 AM It says RC 160, (no units), CCA is 730 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 18y 6m 27d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 02/02/15 08:03 AM Share Posted 02/02/15 08:03 AM How many a/hr? Better yet What's the brand/model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,292 Member For: 16y 10d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/02/15 08:08 AM Author Share Posted 02/02/15 08:08 AM The Amp-Hour rating is not marked on it, but I found that the "new" replacement make/model is a Lion-482 (Re-marketed Rocket battery), but it has 760CCA (not the 730 marked on mine) rating, so the stats are marginally different.http://www.lionbatteries.com.au/pdfs/Product%20Catalogue%20-%20Rocket%20Automotive%20spec%20sheet.pdfhttp://batteriesonline.com.au/82/battery-details/Lion-482 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB Snake Donating Members 327 Member For: 10y 3m 29d Gender: Male Location: Perth SOR Posted 02/02/15 08:27 AM Share Posted 02/02/15 08:27 AM Car battery's are my enemy at work. I don't fk around when there's 11k worth of electronic equipment in the car lol. I only deal with Falcons and have found the Optima D34 yellow tops last the longest. In saying that I don't think I've ever tried to recover one sitting at 3v. As an Electronic Tech I love this kinda thing too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,292 Member For: 16y 10d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/02/15 08:54 AM Author Share Posted 02/02/15 08:54 AM just as some information...The "other" charger is the Projecta AC250B that was recommended for maintaining my old Odyssey dry cell battery in the previous car. I still have it, that's the one that does 1600mA haha. Bit of a shame that it's not "rated" to the CCA of this battery that came with the car that I purchased. :( I'd have to step all the way up to a Projecta AC1000 in the same model line... anybody want to swap an AC250B (mine) for an AC1000 or higher with cash your way? lolThis other "recovery" charger is a Tecmate Optimate4, which also isn't technically "rated" for this amount of CCA/Amp-hours, but it would have got it to full capacity eventually, if I'd left it for a day or two more ... I basically bought it because it can "recover" up to 50A/Hr batteries but it can 'maintain' 70A/hr batteries, so It would probably cover this one, using both chargers, JUST. (assuming the Lion-482 mentioned above has the same 70A/hr rating or less than the one marked in that table that has an A/Hr rating.)If I had to buy another charger it would defeat the point of buying this "recovery" charger to fix up this battery (thus avoiding having to buy a new battery) haha, even if it was incredibly satisfying and worth the effort in the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko16 Donating Members 1,672 Member For: 16y 4m 29d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/15 08:12 AM Share Posted 03/02/15 08:12 AM A battery can read 12 volts but soon as a load is put on it it can drop to zero... Load tests and hydrometer are best way to check Battery sitting on concrete is the fastest way to kill one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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