RE: [ST] Battery Dead - no water???

["colt4530@xxxxxxxxxxx" <colt4530@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've seen batteries, even so-called maintenance-free ones boiled "dry" from
being overcharged.  Garry is partly right, it's not dry, but the H2O has
been driven off.  You can rejuvenate it by adding distilled water.  It had
been irreputably damaged, though, and will not last much longer.

John

Original Message:
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From: Bird, Garry BIRD@xxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 12:09:17 -0500
To: st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ST] Battery Dead - no water???


Yo, Mike...your battery has plenty of water in it even if you can't see it.
The plates absorb all of it.  Whatever you do, don't add any water, acid or
pee to your battery, EVER!  Better yet, don't even waste your time taking
the caps off...there's nothing for you or anyone else to do with the thing.
If your battery is crap and won't take a charge, it is simply garbage.  No
chance of salvaging any last bit of oomph from it.  That's the nice thing
about these batteries...when you dump your bike there's no chance of battery
acid leaking out all over the place.