k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,511 Member For: 17y 1m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/15 08:14 AM Author Share Posted 03/02/15 08:14 AM (edited) It has a hydrometer come up all green once the voltage came up to spec. EDIT: hard to get a decent photo, but this is the hydrometer with my torch attempting to get enough light without reflecting too much off the plastic surrounding the hydrometer Edited 03/02/15 08:24 AM by k31th Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90010-lowest-voltage-battery-recovery/page/3/#findComment-1527637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkets is Drunk? Too heavy needs boost Member 5,929 Member For: 11y 9m 17d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 03/02/15 08:44 AM Share Posted 03/02/15 08:44 AM Mine has a red dot on the century battery Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90010-lowest-voltage-battery-recovery/page/3/#findComment-1527643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko16 Donating Members 1,672 Member For: 17y 6m 2d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/15 08:54 AM Share Posted 03/02/15 08:54 AM (edited) The dot your talking about is only reading one cell... Green means that cell is at 2volts The other 5 cells are not knownI also meant Hydrometer that shows specific gravity in a number Edited 03/02/15 08:55 AM by Wilko16 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90010-lowest-voltage-battery-recovery/page/3/#findComment-1527648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,511 Member For: 17y 1m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/15 08:56 AM Author Share Posted 03/02/15 08:56 AM (edited) I got a better photo Here's the "what the hydrometer means" and what the hydrometer shows (better camera this time)True... it is just one cell but I'm being fairly optimistic haha Edited 03/02/15 08:56 AM by k31th Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90010-lowest-voltage-battery-recovery/page/3/#findComment-1527649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko16 Donating Members 1,672 Member For: 17y 6m 2d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/15 09:01 AM Share Posted 03/02/15 09:01 AM It can definitely Bounce back and be fine, but usually a few load cycles and it will be cactus I have tried it many times, used to manage a fleet of trucks and we were always trying to get extra life out of the battery's Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90010-lowest-voltage-battery-recovery/page/3/#findComment-1527652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,511 Member For: 17y 1m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/15 09:03 AM Author Share Posted 03/02/15 09:03 AM The car that it's been in has hardly been through many full cycles and was on a trickle charger for who knows how long before I bought the car. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90010-lowest-voltage-battery-recovery/page/3/#findComment-1527653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko16 Donating Members 1,672 Member For: 17y 6m 2d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/15 10:30 AM Share Posted 03/02/15 10:30 AM That should be alright, trickle chargers are good Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90010-lowest-voltage-battery-recovery/page/3/#findComment-1527674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,511 Member For: 17y 1m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/15 10:32 AM Author Share Posted 03/02/15 10:32 AM fingers crossed! hahawhen I gather up the time/courage I'll chuck the battery back in and try Luke's suggested cranking technique and see how it goes... he did say I need a bigger battery charger to "bring it straight back" but I don't have one and I don't want to try it until I get hold of one, unless somebody can confidently say I'd be OK to re-charge it slowly like I did with this recovery in the first place... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90010-lowest-voltage-battery-recovery/page/3/#findComment-1527675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko16 Donating Members 1,672 Member For: 17y 6m 2d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/15 06:42 PM Share Posted 03/02/15 06:42 PM What side of Melbourne are you on ? I have a massive charger Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90010-lowest-voltage-battery-recovery/page/3/#findComment-1527731 Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,511 Member For: 17y 1m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/15 10:05 PM Author Share Posted 03/02/15 10:05 PM Western side. It's not urgent, anyway... the car's going nowhere for the moment no matter how healthy the battery is Thanks for the offer, though. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90010-lowest-voltage-battery-recovery/page/3/#findComment-1527747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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