New "old" battery

[Liquid Tuna]

I bought a car battery for a Ford Mondeo from Halfords 4 years ago. It was one off their shelf that you just put straight on the car and go, no pre-charging etc. However, I never fitted it and it's just been sat at the back of my garage for 4 years.

Presumably if I just put it on a battery conditioner for a few days, I should then be good to go with it?

[big_boz]

That is a "how long is a piece of string?" question

[Silverbullet767]

Yes.. WAIT, no, erm.

Definitely sometimes.

[CoolHands]

err watt?

[joema]

Just try it. you will never know otherwise, should be ok though

[Liquid Tuna]

No, no, no, you've all missed the point. This is PH. Somebody on here should be able to tell me the exact condition of the battery, how long it will hold charge for, what the current charge is, etc, etc, simply from my vague and unhelpful description.

[big_boz]

Liquid Tuna said:

No, no, no, you've all missed the point. This is PH. Somebody on here should be able to tell me the exact condition of the battery, how long it will hold charge for, what the current charge is, etc, etc, simply from my vague and unhelpful description.

True, there should be some scientific graphs or something that someone can deploy

[northwest monkey]

Using the "witch-dunking" logic, just open it up & taste the fluid inside. If it burns your tongue off a bit, it works.

[Silverbullet767]

This should answer your query.



As you can see with the green section, it is slightly larger than the blue section.

[big_boz]

Silverbullet767 said:

This should answer your query.



As you can see with the green section, it is slightly larger than the blue section.

Bang on my friend, that has convinced me of something...not sure what, but i am convinced thats for sure, only a fool questions a pie chart

[Prof Beard]

Surely if you have decent battery charger/conditioner, it will tell you what you want to know when you connect it up?

[SMGB]

A battery conditioner may recover it, however some of them dont work from totally flat. if thats te case you may need to borrow one or take it to a garage where they have a brute force one.
It will not work as well as one thats been looked after as the plates "suplphate " when they are left dischorged. It's entirle possible that it's not recoverable as well.
So maybe/no i rhink.

[Liquid Tuna]

Prof Beard said:

Surely if you have decent battery charger/conditioner, it will tell you what you want to know when you connect it up?

Yes it will. I realise now I'm being lazy. I'll do it tonight!!

[Silverbullet767]

big_boz said:

Silverbullet767 said:

This should answer your query.



As you can see with the green section, it is slightly larger than the blue section.

Bang on my friend, that has convinced me of something...not sure what, but i am convinced thats for sure, only a fool questions a pie chart

mmmm pie!

[SV8Predator]

The OP's original question should be in the "Stupid things non petrolheads say...." thread.

[nottyash]

Liquid Tuna said:

No, no, no, you've all missed the point. This is PH. Somebody on here should be able to tell me the exact condition of the battery, how long it will hold charge for, what the current charge is, etc, etc, simply from my vague and unhelpful description.

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[Bungleaio]

Standard car batteries hate going flat. if your battery has just been sitting in a cold garage for 4 years then chances are it's nackered.

There's nothing to lose by putting it on a conditioner for a few days but I don't think it will ever be as strong as it was originally.