NickySantoro wrote:
On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:09:33 GMT, Mitch Mitch@... wrote:


I went to start my Explorer the other day, and the battery was dead

from sitting so long.

I put a battery charger on it, but I'm not getting anything...zero
amps on the charger.

I've sanded all the corrosion from both contact points, down to shiny
bare metal...still nothing.

I also have a battery tender, so I put that on. It has an LED to
indicate charging...it's not lit.

Does this mean the battery is done for?


I've never seen a bad battery show nothing on the charging meter.
Possibly the battery discharged completely then froze and cracked
internally. Is the outlet where you plugged in the chargers live?

If it is frozen now it would act as described.

More information than you want to know about batteries is at
http://www.batteryfaq.org

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