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[email protected] mkirsch1@rochester.rr.com is offline
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Default Resurrecting sealed lead acid batteries for outside homeequipment (gate)

On Aug 1, 4:05*pm, SF Man wrote:
I just didn't realize these sealed 'dry' 7 amp 12 volt lead-acid batteries
were so fragile.


What the hell do you mean "fragile?" You left the batteries out there
for a YEAR, probably with a parasitic load on them from the gate
electronics.

There is no lead acid battery that can be resurrected from being drawn
completely down to 0 Volts, and held there for months.