All Discussions Tagged 'RV Battery' - Good Old RVs2024-03-29T12:27:37Zhttps://goodoldrvs.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=RV+Battery&feed=yes&xn_auth=noBattery repair.tag:goodoldrvs.ning.com,2014-03-14:2093474:Topic:2028802014-03-14T21:28:12.967ZGrey Wolfhttps://goodoldrvs.ning.com/profile/GreyWolf
<p>Hokay, I don't usually offer advice in here as I'm new to RVs and learning.But I have to share this with you folks. Recently I watched a guy on you tube regenerate a car battery. After watching his video I couldn't wait to try it out. Take your dead 12 volt car battery,( wearing eye protection and using gloves of course) pop the tops, drain the battery acid out. Pour in a mixture of 8 ounces of baking soda in one gallon of distilled water to flush out the remaining battery acid. The baking…</p>
<p>Hokay, I don't usually offer advice in here as I'm new to RVs and learning.But I have to share this with you folks. Recently I watched a guy on you tube regenerate a car battery. After watching his video I couldn't wait to try it out. Take your dead 12 volt car battery,( wearing eye protection and using gloves of course) pop the tops, drain the battery acid out. Pour in a mixture of 8 ounces of baking soda in one gallon of distilled water to flush out the remaining battery acid. The baking soda cleanses the battery acid out of there. Then flush the battery with distilled water.Then add 8 ounces of food grade Aluminum Sulfate into one gallon of distilled water.Mix well.Pour into the battery.Enough to cover the plates in the battery, don't overfill. Then replace caps, put battery on charger overnight. SURPRISE! You can start your car or truck with it. I've done this with a small 12 volt car battery and a large deep cell 12 volt battery. I had enough to do three batteries and only spent 20 dollars for the supplies. The distilled water I bought at Walmart,88 cents per gallon, the baking soda came in a one pound box, and since I only needed 8 ounces I have enough to do it again. The ALUM I found at orchlins hardware store, sort of a rural farm type hardware store. Comes in a small green envelope of 1.9 ounces.I bought them all.Look on the back, make sure it says aluminum sulfate.And it needs to be food grade, the same stuff women use for pickling. I'm not sure how long these batteries will hold a charge, so we shall see. I'm sure the deep cell will at least hold a charge for the summer giving me time to save up the hundred dollars to buy a brand new one.Bottom line, if anyone out there is hurting for money( aren't we all?)and needs to deal with a dead battery but cant swing the cash for a new one, try this out. I gain no monetary benefit from posting this, just trying to help others with the info.The one small car battery I had laying around a good two years. The deep cell battery came with my RV and when I popped the caps was surprised to see it was empty ( not a good sign)But I decided to try it anyways.From what I've read, there will be some car batteries this trick may not work with, so don't be discouraged. I've got more than one dead battery lying around here, so it's no big deal for me if one doesn't take. Anyhoo, try this trick out and good luck to ya, just remember to wear eye protection and use gloves. :-)</p>