Kenneth,
If all you want to do is get it to the junkyard,
then just borrow a battery, put it in, and then when
you get to the JY, take it out and take it with you.
The JY would probably prefer that since they won't
have to deal with disposing of a battery.
Or, if you're sending the car to the junkers, then
do you really care if you put the alt under strain?
Get the old battery charged the best you can and then
jump the car off. As long as its daylight, the alt
should have no trouble running the car and throwing
amps into that big deep black electrical hole once
known as a battery.
Regards,
Ben Pender
- kenneth parker <elkeni@mac.com> wrote:
> The battery came out of a friend's car, a very
> tired mid-80's Buick.
> Though the car has less than 100k on it it has not
> been well
> maintained. My friend either wants to sell it for
> $100 or so or send
> it to a wrecker and only needs battery enough to
> drive it ten miles to
> its final destination. I suggested that he put it
> on Craigs list, but
> he doesn't have a computer. The car didn't pass its
> last smog and my
> friend just wants to get rid of it.
> The battery is re-fillable. I pulled the caps and
> filled the cells
> (all six were down). I hooked up my charger and
> alternated (two hours
> each setting) between high and low charge. It
> probably has had 16
> hours of charging and the last time I checked it
> with the volt/ohm
> meter it read 12.6 volts. Just before I take it
> back to my friend's
> house I will cook it up for another two hours. I
> assume, at this
> point, that if it won't start his car by itself then
> it will do so with
> an assist from my car with jumpers. I plan on
> driving it to the
> wrecker, so I will make sure that my friend will
> follow me in his car
> with jumper cables ready.
> Anyone out there in the SF East Bay area want a
> tired mid-80's Buick
> for $100? $75?
> Thanks to all who responded to my initial query,
> Ken
> On Dec 10, 2005, at 10:45 PM, Daryl Wilson wrote:
>
> > In the 60's and 70's when most batteries had
> removable caps I revived
> > many batteries and used them for a long time
> afterward.
> > Add a spoonful (ounce?) of epsom salts to each
> cell.Start charging
> > with a variable rate charger at 30 to 40 amps just
> until the
> > electrolyte starts bubbling.once this happens
> reduce the charging rate
> > to maybe 10 amps and charge for about a day,maybe
> two.If you have a
> > hydrometer you can check your state of charge:
> 1.260 is pretty good,
> > 1.280 is max.,1.200 won't do.
> > If one or more cell has a reading of .040 lower
> than the other cells
> > after charging the battery will not be reliable.
> > THIS IS DANGEROUS !
> > If you aren't confident that you can take all
> > due precautions for handling acids and charging
> batteries then it
> > would be far wiser to buy another battery.
> > Best of luck to all.
> > Daryl
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