dead battery

[betty boop]

Im kind of at thier mercy of sending it back, its will cost £25 in charges and they say, with an amount of expertise, that the solar charger I had on over the winter wasnt enough to keep it 'topped up' so it dried out and de sulphared too much to be repaired and not under warrenty. Add that to the original accident full de charge in the summer and the damage had gone too far. All I could achieve on my 7amp charger over 48+ hours was 11.5 A max and warm too touch.

was tempted with the you tube videos to drill it open - re fill and go again but I've got to trust it to work out at sea and if Im not confident - its not worth it.

Now I'll have a top notch de sulphar /constant on charger - so the new one is g/tee to last for 4 years - no questions.

if any one wants to have the almost new old one as a freebie to repair it - more than happy to stick i on a courier.

[Ed]

Did you actually dry out the cells? If so that's an over charge problem too.

[betty boop]

i thought I did- only because when I moved it around it sounded empty- sloshing water