Battery Not Holding It's Charge

[Scorpiorefugee]

I've just had a quick scan through this and it might be a bit late but, on batteries and in particular dead ones.

 

If it is dischareged completely just once, it's seriously damaged and no longer salable.

 

It may recover and still be useful if it was in good order before and it was not left discharged for any significant time.

 

If it has been left discharged for more than a very few hours it is only fit for the dustbin, sorry, correct disposal at your local council reclamation site.

 

If your new battery was flat when you bought it you should not even have atempted to charge it. If the salesman claims otherwise, he shouldn't even be allowed in a Halfords shop, let alone work there!

 

This is etched in stone for all Lead Acid batteries and almost certainly applies to all derivatives but I may well be picked up on that last point.

 

Take it back and demand to see someone who knows what they are talking about.

 

Ron.