Has any one tried using baking soda to recover their batteries.
The retailer...not sure what I will do from here...lot of energy to recover a few hundred dollars...
Apart from not being too keen to honour their warantee to the letter (Its only got two weeks left) they are a good supplier and nice enough people. (Delivered a new battery to my door next day)
Might try a high amp charger to kick it in the guts and see if it can be recovered, tried recovery mode on my 7amp c-tek but its not up to the task - just a pesky red error light the next day.
Crunchy try and old school charger none of this fan dangle wizardry stuff pump in 4-8 amps and leave it on charge 24 hours
Keep the battery off a concrete floor too
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Crunchy: I would have contacted the Office of Fair Trading just on principle and let them deal with the retailer, it is still not too late, as I said you have nothing to lose and everything to gain, as for them being "nice enough people", if they were that nice they would not have tried to stiff you, there are consumer rights laws and they as a retailer are required to abide by them, it is part of their business requirements.
At the end of the day, it's your money so if your happy enough to let them get away with it, then it is your choice! My view is a few hundred dollars in my pocket is better than in theirs. As I said, I would let the the Office of Fair Trading deal with it on your behalf, that is what you pay your taxes for.
Totally agree Ed a good business would do whats right and cover your battery under warranty either replace on the spot or send it back for repair not just say bad luck in so many words that is really shit service
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Im not sure the reason why but i was told if u leave a battery on a concrete floor it will drain the battery
I also find my old Arlec 8amp charger works wonders on "normal charge 4amps" when ever i select "boost 8amps" the battery only half charges so i believe as long as u have more than a trickle 800mah-1amp charge atlease a few amps and leave her going on the bench you may save it
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Battery failures are often down to operator error
flattening the battery . by leaving something on
Drawing down a battery too low & too often
Drawing a battery down & not immediately recharging
Overcharging - continue to pump in amps when battery is fully charged
Too high a charge rate - you shouldn't be charging a 100amp battery at 25 amps
Wrong charging algorithms for the battery .
Letting a battery stand for too long without charging
Shorting a battery
I reckon there are many more ways to kill a battery or greatly reduce its life & it's for these reasons why battery warranty's are often not honoured .
I've been guilty of most of these & it explains why over the last 30 years batteries have died on me. If I think about my 24 volt leccy motor on my old hornet I put 2 x 100amp - high quality AGM batteries (Absorbed Power) & I proceeded to kill them in about 3 years by running them flat , running them flat & immediately not recharging - while I had a onboard minn kota charger (5 amps / bank) I would when away on a trip - hit them with a 25 amp charger. (you should charge at around 10-15% of the battery capacity.
Yet - I eventually went back to a 12 volt Minn kota & used a thumping big 200amp AGM . which spent 4 years on the hornet , then 6 years on my Sea Jay & I still have it - it still holds a charge - All because it rarely got discharged below 50% , was charged with a 25 amp smart charger & would get a top up on a monthly basis.
Chris
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I think the " don't leave them on the concrete" came from way back in the days when the batteries cases was made out of a rubberised compound and they had a slight electrical leak which would discharge the battery quicker, nowadays the case is made out of plastic so not relevant from today's point of view, but I think that being on a concrete floor would chill the battery more, especially now that we are in winter and batteries don't like the cold temps if they are borderline.