new 8 volt batteries down

[Ploki]

an 84 year old gal at our golf club purchased a new set of 6- 8volt batteries 2 years a go. for her ezgo she has played golf twice in that time leaving the charger on.i have just checked them for her and half the cells were dry and the charger had stopped.
can these be revived??
i put one on an 8 volt charger(after topping up the water level) it only came up to 8.06 volts.is there anything i can do?

[meangreenmachine72]

Make sure you only use distilled water, charge each battery individually , then if they all get up to the 8 volt range connect them all back to main charger and see if that brings them up. That has been a really long time. There is also a liquid they sell that I hear sometimes works to help being the back. Good luck and be careful with those things they can be very dangerous.

[teecro]

Originally Posted by Ploki

an 84 year old gal at our golf club purchased a new set of 6- 8volt batteries 2 years a go. for her ezgo she has played golf twice in that time leaving the charger on.i have just checked them for her and half the cells were dry and the charger had stopped.
can these be revived??
i put one on an 8 volt charger(after topping up the water level) it only came up to 8.06 volts.is there anything i can do?

Ok first off 2 years old is no longer new and after 2 years of unintentional abuse they are in all likelihood toast.... The 8.06 is all but dead at 50 % state of charge. If all liquid in the cells was boiled dry there is little to nothing that will return them to service. Add distilled water to just cover the plates and see if they will accept a charge. To this find out what type of charger she has and if it is working properly; my cart has battery over one year old and is float charged 24/7 and has never needed water....