Re: Stus-List Recharging a battery

2017-03-10 Thread Steve Thomas via CnC-List
You probably should have mentioned that to use the high voltage method of attempted recovery safely, it is necessary to use some sort of current limiting device. I am guessing that your variable supply had that built in, but not all do. In the early days of radio, some amateurs would use elect

Re: Stus-List Recharging a battery

2017-03-10 Thread Michael Brown via CnC-List
That should be Caustic Soda, not Baking Soda. If a battery in otherwise good shape has self discharged to the point of being flat has a bit of Epsom Salt or such added it might help recover the battery. No magic going on. With a flat battery it is hard to get a current flow started and the cells

Re: Stus-List Recharging a battery

2017-03-09 Thread Steve Staten via CnC-List
: Thursday, March 09, 2017 4:47 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: svpegasus38 Subject: Re: Stus-List Recharging a battery Don't do it!!. Baking soda will neutralize the acidaacid and kill the battery, along with a nice chemical reaction. I use baking soda and water mixed to clean dirty terminals

Re: Stus-List Recharging a battery

2017-03-09 Thread svpegasus38 via CnC-List
Don't do it!!. Baking soda will neutralize the acidaacid and kill the battery, along with a nice chemical reaction. I use baking soda and water mixed to clean dirty terminals on my car batteries.  Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE DeviceDoug Mountjoy POYC Pegasus Lf38  Original message

Re: Stus-List Recharging a battery

2017-03-09 Thread Josh Muckley via CnC-List
Yes, from what I can tell its bullshit. Josh Muckley On Mar 9, 2017 3:02 PM, "Stu via CnC-List" wrote: > Has anyone tried the baking soda/epson salt method to recharge a dead > battery? > > Stu > > > -- > [image: AVG logo] >