saving old 'new' batteries [RE-wrenches]

[paul wilkins]

"John Blittersdorf, Cent. VT Solar & Wind" wrote:
> 
> Carl,
>    My Experience with "old" new batteries has been more like Trojans claim.
> I had a set of new L16's that sat around and rode around in my truck for a
> total of about 5 months before I hooked them up.  They definitely showed
> signs of sulfating and with lots of equalizing charges seemed to recover.  I
> added 4 more to the bank (fresh ones) about 5 months later and now I seem to
> have a ghost load that I can't find.  No current is flowing according to the
> emeter but the batteries seem to lose charge. 

 >I'm wondering if the newer
> batteries are trying to charge the older problem batteries. 

I have seen this more than once and heard of it a lot. Paul Wilkins

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