Dry batteries [RE-wrenches]

[Bruce Geddes]

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Indefinite but if you want to activate them you will need to fill with acid
and supply a "conditioning" charge which is pretty high current.  It has
something to do with helping form & activate the positive plate.  Most of us
won't have facilities for doing this.

I was once supplied a set that had not had this charge and they just would
not charge up or hold a charge.

Bruce Geddes
PowerOn

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Greetings all,

Flooded lead-acid batteries apparently start to age as soon as they
become flooded, and need periodic maintenance charges even if sitting
unused (or better to float?).

Question: What's the shelf life if new batteries are bought and stored
dry?

Thanks in advance -- Kurt

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Kurt Nelson
PO Box 309
Cornucopia, WI 54827
715-742-3406
sunwise at cheqnet.net




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