On Thu, 10 May 2012 21:03:36 +0100, Tim Lamb
wrote:


Won't take a charge!

Using what charger? A lot of "intelligent" chargers are anything but
and if presented with a totally dead battery refuse to charge it (many
APC UPS exhibit this useful behaviour). The cure is to put any old
simple charger on the battery for 30 min's then reconnect the
expensive posh one which will work.