I get enough razzing from the wife about the lemon pledge thingy going on. If I bought Epsom salt for my bike, she'd have me committedIf the lead plates are not heavily coroded or coated with sulfur, it may hold a charge.
The only additive I would recommend is Epsom Salts, like you get at Wal Mart for
homemade bath salts... I did'nt believe it, but I brought a car battery back from the
dead by disolving 1 pound Epsom Salt into a gallon of distilled water, battery is like
new, but again, the lead plates have to be in decent shape...
Hogan, Glad the charging worked, I had a gut feeling it would. You can load test it on the bike. Put a volt meter on the battery while cranking the starter, if it has 10.5 volts or more you are good to go.Put the poor old battery on the trickle overnight and all day today. No additives, justdistilled water. Put it all back together and vroom. Started right up. Gave her an oil change tonight and will give her the test tomorrow.
Thanks for the help. Hopefully it will last until spring.
i bought mine local at a place called Battery Outpost, been buying from them for years as they carry Interstate batteries which I really like. Its a Deka as mentioned in another post. Comes fully charged right out of the box.Thanks DBohrer, I'll put it on the tender before going to bed tonight. I think I'll take it in to have it load tested before getting stuck some where. Don't think the wife will entertain push starting me!
Bagmaster, were did you get your sealed battery?
And I'll second that. You never know how long it sat on the shelf, plus it's just a good practice.Although the battery appears to be fully charged when you buy it new, you should put it on a soak with a battery tender, otherwise it will never give it's best
