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Old 06-04-2010, 12:42 PM   #35 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by nibs View Post
I have some military surplus 24 V desulphaters in these weird cases, I took one out of its case and hooked it up to my 24V starter batts on my bus, it has an led which flashes every few seconds. Just hooked it up two days ago, one of my two 12V batts is not holding a charge, (drops to 10.5V within an hour of coming off charge).
Any bets as to the desulphater bringing back the batt. I need to start the bus in another 3 weeks +/-.
It sounds like you might have a dead cell. While in my personal experience I have had good luck with desulfators, they can't overcome a dead cell.
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