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Re: [GMCnet] replacement battery questions [message #323368 is a reply to message #323363] Tue, 05 September 2017 05:53 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Bruce Hart is currently offline  Bruce Hart   United States
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Deb,
If you have an AGM Interstate , don't you have 3/8" studs sticking out of
the top of the battery. If so you can use one of these:

https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/PHI86421

On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 11:10 PM, Ken Burton wrote:

> I am working on a Sears Die Hard RV / marine battery that was in a coach
> parked for 18 years. I put a slow charge into it yesterday and today 24
> hours later it is up to 12.6 volts and taking a charge at a 4 amp rate. I
> slowed down the charge to 2 amps this evening and will leave it there for
> another 2 days or so. I have it in the engine position at the moment and
> was able to run the headlights with only a .3 volt drop at the battery. I
> have not tried the starter because I'm not ready to crank this engine over
> yet.
>
> I have been successful at recovering some old batteries in the past and
> this one looks promising.
>
> Just because they are old does not necessarily mean that they are bad.
>
> My last set of golf cart batteries lasted 9 years and were not bad when I
> replaced them. I broke a post loose inside one battery while trying to
> remove a cable to clean it.
>
> That was a $180 lesson learned the hard way.
> --
> Ken Burton - N9KB
> 76 Palm Beach
> Hebron, Indiana
>
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Bruce Hart 1976 Palm Beach 1977 28' Kingsley La Grange, Wyoming
 
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