Yup, *very* messy if you fill a battery first and then charge, unless you enjoy dealing with overflowing electrolyte.
On Thu, Nov 1, 2018, 8:58 PM John Lussmyer via EV <[email protected] wrote: > On Thu Nov 01 20:26:52 PDT 2018 [email protected] said: > >They were military surplus. I have not tested the cells/batteries > batteries. The electrolyte has evaporated. You would need to clean the > terminals on each battery with a brush, fill the battery with a solution of > distilled water and 30% potassium hydroxide (KOH), charge the battery, and > check the discharge rate. > > No, do NOT fill them first. As those of us who have a bunch of BB600 > military NiCd's found, just charge them first. > Then, if they are still low after being fully charged, you can add water. > They can look dry - still charge them first! > > > -- > > Try my Sensible Email package! > https://sourceforge.net/projects/sensibleemail/ > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20181101/728712b0/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
