Flat Battery - Best chance of recovery

[Smegnoguk]

I forgot to plug the battery conditioner in the last time I used the car. Since we have had non-stop rain in London for about two months and then I went on holiday, the battery is DEAD! Whenever this has happened before (this is my third battery), it has proved impossible to revive it and I have had to fork out for a new one. There was once a thread on Chitchat that asked something like "What makes you a real Caterham owner" and I was tempted to say "I have two Banner batteries on the drive".

 

Anyway, what I really want to know is what is the best way to revive it? Put it on the battery charger (which I don't think will work) or put it back on the trickle charger?

 

Any help appreciated.

 

P.S. I don't remember a flat condition being fatal in the old days when cars were cars (Morris 1000's, Ford Polular's) and batteries were batteries (Lucas, Oldham (I told e'm Oldham!) etc.) In those days, batteries were always going flat and you just re-charged them. What makes Banner batteries so delicate?

 

 

Member No. 10421 (unable to think of a single car I would want to replace it with!) here

[John Howe]

I use a battery conditioner and my last Banner lasted five years! I only changed it because we were going to France for 10 days and I felt, after five years, perhaps it was best not to tempt fate.

 

That not to say that a battery conditioner could bring the "dead" back to "life", but if you haven't got one, then you should think about buying one. If you are going to buy one, it might just bring your old battery back into the real world.

 

An isolation switch works wonders, if you are going to continue to give the Banners a bad time...

 

JH

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[JampJ]

Most of the modern continuous chargers will charge from flat, but not all. You need to check the instructions for details.

Cheers John

 

JFDI

(Just F*****g Do It)

[rgrigsby]

If you do end up replacing it it's worth spending the extra £10 or so and getting a Hawker Odyssey or Redtop gel battery. They seem to be a lot more robust than the standard banners.

 

Rob G

www.SpeedySeven.com

[k80rum]

Agree with Rob G AND they're about half the size and half the weight

 

If it's dead dead (i don't know how low this needs to be) you won't revive it ..

 

 

Darren E

 

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Edited by - k80rum on 11 Aug 2007 23:42:50