k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,290 Member For: 16y 8d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/15 08:14 AM Author Share Posted 03/02/15 08:14 AM (edited) It has a hydrometer come up all green once the voltage came up to spec. EDIT: hard to get a decent photo, but this is the hydrometer with my torch attempting to get enough light without reflecting too much off the plastic surrounding the hydrometer Edited 03/02/15 08:24 AM by k31th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkets is Drunk? Too heavy needs boost Member 5,929 Member For: 10y 8m 12d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 03/02/15 08:44 AM Share Posted 03/02/15 08:44 AM Mine has a red dot on the century battery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko16 Donating Members 1,672 Member For: 16y 4m 28d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/15 08:54 AM Share Posted 03/02/15 08:54 AM (edited) The dot your talking about is only reading one cell... Green means that cell is at 2volts The other 5 cells are not knownI also meant Hydrometer that shows specific gravity in a number Edited 03/02/15 08:55 AM by Wilko16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,290 Member For: 16y 8d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/15 08:56 AM Author Share Posted 03/02/15 08:56 AM (edited) I got a better photo Here's the "what the hydrometer means" and what the hydrometer shows (better camera this time)True... it is just one cell but I'm being fairly optimistic haha Edited 03/02/15 08:56 AM by k31th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko16 Donating Members 1,672 Member For: 16y 4m 28d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/15 09:01 AM Share Posted 03/02/15 09:01 AM It can definitely Bounce back and be fine, but usually a few load cycles and it will be cactus I have tried it many times, used to manage a fleet of trucks and we were always trying to get extra life out of the battery's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,290 Member For: 16y 8d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/15 09:03 AM Author Share Posted 03/02/15 09:03 AM The car that it's been in has hardly been through many full cycles and was on a trickle charger for who knows how long before I bought the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko16 Donating Members 1,672 Member For: 16y 4m 28d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/15 10:30 AM Share Posted 03/02/15 10:30 AM That should be alright, trickle chargers are good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,290 Member For: 16y 8d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/15 10:32 AM Author Share Posted 03/02/15 10:32 AM fingers crossed! hahawhen I gather up the time/courage I'll chuck the battery back in and try Luke's suggested cranking technique and see how it goes... he did say I need a bigger battery charger to "bring it straight back" but I don't have one and I don't want to try it until I get hold of one, unless somebody can confidently say I'd be OK to re-charge it slowly like I did with this recovery in the first place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko16 Donating Members 1,672 Member For: 16y 4m 28d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/15 06:42 PM Share Posted 03/02/15 06:42 PM What side of Melbourne are you on ? I have a massive charger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,290 Member For: 16y 8d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/15 10:05 PM Author Share Posted 03/02/15 10:05 PM Western side. It's not urgent, anyway... the car's going nowhere for the moment no matter how healthy the battery is Thanks for the offer, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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