Borrow 6V Battery Charger

[pappy]

I pulled the battery from the Ford 2N this afternoon. I didn't like what I saw. Dry cells and 0 volts. Still, I would like to try and see if the battery will take a charge. My battery charger is 12V only. Anybody have one I can borrow?

When I pulled the battery it was hooked up wrong. Should have been positive ground and it was hooked up as negative ground. Plus, it had a plastic cap on the "-" terminal under the cable clamp. Odd. I filled up one cell with water and it was so dry I'm wondering if the battery was ever filled with acid. I think I'll do some shopping for acid. The plates were very clean.

Tomorrow I'm going to jumper the starter and see if it turns.

 

[Rudical]

My Battery charger says 6 and 12 V. If it helps you can use mine.

 

[alia176]

shopping for acid - I didn't know that you can buy acid for batts! I thought distilled water was alone to produce the acid after the catalytic reaction. Learned something new today!!

 

[marcfj60]

I bought a battery for a motorcycle through the mail. They shipped it empty and instructed me to go buy X amount of acid from the auto parts store to fill it. That's when I figured out how it worked.

 

[pappy]

All of our Polaris batteries come with a bottle of acid. Acid can be bought in 6qt bottles. I just need to find a parts store that sells it.

 

[Beowulf]

I have a 6v, 12v, 24v charger if you need it.
-Mike-

 

[sirenmoses]

6/12, happy to loan it out since my hoped to be DD bike is still in the shop.

my pops usta buy gallons of muratic acid for (I don't remember what) in his windmill biz.