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If you are like me you probably have old lead acid batteries sitting somewhere probably
discharged
If you dont use lead acid battery always charge it before and recharge it every 3 monts
I ve tried this method on maintenance free lead acid, sealed lead acid and lead acid batteries ,
only difference is that maintenance free and SLA have hidden caps
-Multimeter
-Dead battery
-Rubber gloves
-Screwdriver
Optional
-Flashlight
-Super Glue
-Paper towel
-Syringe
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Take a syringe and fill each cell with water and look if fabric is absorbing water
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Now you will need to connect your multimeter to show you how much battery is drawing
Set your multimeter to 10A and connect it in series with charger and battery
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When you connect it to the battery an it should draw 100-200mA
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Now leave your battery for 1h and hook it up on car hadlight or any 12v bulb
Voltage of battery shoudnt drop lower than 12v
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