Battery charger help

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Shifty1962 said:
:hysterically_laughi nice to see you've still got your sense of humour. How's the IP looking?
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:D

Not too bad i reckon, possibly just damage to the cast surrounding the bearing and timing hole, it sheared a piece off when it tried to turn, i also found a slight imperfection in the cast so that could've been a saving grace which caused the piece to give when put under pressure. Pump turns with pressure at 4 points in a full 360 turn, again normal behaviour, but without stripping it down i have to hope that internally it's oki.

4 bent rods anorl, but i have refrained from hammering them straight for now :eek::p:D
 
tottot said:
With totaly flat batteries putting them on a ordanary charger probabley wont work,you can sometimes get them back to life by connecting to a fully charged batt with jump leads for five mins and then put on charge as normal.[do this OFF the vehicle and outside as batt may release some explosive gas]
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Glad you posted this :).... the smart charger mentioned at the begining arrived this morning. Tried in on my lads motorcycle battery that had been flat since before xmas.... nothing, no lights on charger. Took the other 2 batteries out of the Landrover and tried to charge them..... again, not a light lit up on the charger.
I put the big battery back in the beast and managed to jump start it. Left it for 10 minutes then took it off and put it back on the charger. This time it is charging........

So these smart chargers (and maybe others) wont charge up a completely flat battery.
If this one charges up okay I will ditch the smaller one for now and I WILL secure it ;)
 
Lots of modern chargers won't charge a completely flat battery.....
A flat battery tries to make the charger put out a high current, so it thinks the output is shorted and switches itself off.
 
MrJC said:
Glad you posted this :).... the smart charger mentioned at the begining arrived this morning. Tried in on my lads motorcycle battery that had been flat since before xmas.... nothing, no lights on charger. Took the other 2 batteries out of the Landrover and tried to charge them..... again, not a light lit up on the charger.
I put the big battery back in the beast and managed to jump start it. Left it for 10 minutes then took it off and put it back on the charger. This time it is charging........

So these smart chargers (and maybe others) wont charge up a completely flat battery.
If this one charges up okay I will ditch the smaller one for now and I WILL secure it ;)
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After being flat for some time it will not take a full charge in one go, however charge it a couple more times and more capacity can be had.cheers.
 
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