I have a 73 mgb I bought twin 6 volts for about 5 or 6 years ago, filled them and charged them back then but only recently am at the point where it makes sense to install them. What are the chances they still work? What are the differences with what you said about the 12v batteries and the 6v ones?
Hi John,
How much liquid contains a car battery? Also I would wanna know how I can dry the liquid out,if it’s possible can you make a video on that , Thanks
thanks for the video. I had a car in storage and the battery leaked and caked onto some parts under it, are there any dangers to breaking off the chunks of corrosion before I put the new battery in?
Quite informative and straigthforward…
Using a trickle charger (John mentions this as the monitoring type) extends battery life on MG’s. Otherwise, low frequency of use for sportcars like these means less charging cycles and therefor shortening of life span to 3 years or even less.
Awsome info. Although some batteries can go bad I do agree that when someone brings in a dead battery that just means it needs heavy charging nonstop for 1 or 2 weeks.
Putting water on top of a battery can discharge a battery… why did you put water on the top of the battery? everybody can see the water drops running down the side of the battery. Next time try not to fake everybody out.. ok
batteries outgas and basically consume the acid and water mix.. to keep a battery in good shape you have to replace the lost fluid with water “deionized water if available”
Otherwise your battery will loose its power in a short amount of time
August 30th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
I have a 73 mgb I bought twin 6 volts for about 5 or 6 years ago, filled them and charged them back then but only recently am at the point where it makes sense to install them. What are the chances they still work? What are the differences with what you said about the 12v batteries and the 6v ones?
August 30th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Exellent
August 30th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
John Twist rocks! I’m going to clean my 30 year old battery!
September 3rd, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Hi John,
Looks like I did not make thr grade of camera man!
Nice to see that you are keeping up the good work.
Steve
September 8th, 2007 at 1:23 am
Santa clause is awesome I was in the background in the first couple minutes
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Hi John,
How much liquid contains a car battery? Also I would wanna know how I can dry the liquid out,if it’s possible can you make a video on that , Thanks
November 4th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
I work for EnerSys and we make batteries just like that but with better quality…
November 7th, 2008 at 7:44 am
thanks for the video. I had a car in storage and the battery leaked and caked onto some parts under it, are there any dangers to breaking off the chunks of corrosion before I put the new battery in?
February 18th, 2009 at 5:52 am
Quite informative and straigthforward…
Using a trickle charger (John mentions this as the monitoring type) extends battery life on MG’s. Otherwise, low frequency of use for sportcars like these means less charging cycles and therefor shortening of life span to 3 years or even less.
July 6th, 2009 at 10:49 am
thank you thnak you sir!!!
August 21st, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Awsome info. Although some batteries can go bad I do agree that when someone brings in a dead battery that just means it needs heavy charging nonstop for 1 or 2 weeks.
August 21st, 2009 at 1:29 pm
whats with the gay stanta claus dude?
August 21st, 2009 at 1:31 pm
If caught in the desert can one pee into the battery?
January 13th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Putting water on top of a battery can discharge a battery… why did you put water on the top of the battery? everybody can see the water drops running down the side of the battery. Next time try not to fake everybody out.. ok
January 19th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
batteries outgas and basically consume the acid and water mix.. to keep a battery in good shape you have to replace the lost fluid with water “deionized water if available”
Otherwise your battery will loose its power in a short amount of time
March 16th, 2010 at 3:49 am
lol at the guys in the background nice one guys hahaha
March 16th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Ho Ho Ho to the background staff… LOL.
Back in the day we would also coat the clamps with grease to seal them from oxidizing… do you concur?
Peace
Gill
June 3rd, 2010 at 4:35 am
Very good job YOU need to start a tv show. I ll produce it.