[CrusaderTBC]

So my oem Exide+ battery was dead and my attempts to recharge it still only shows 12.4V on my meter. Also the circular indicator on the battery is indicating a black 'need charging' status instead of the green indication. Time for a new battery?

 

[RoadDad]

Do you have a desulfating charger?

 

[SirLotus]

This should answer most of your concerns. 12.4V is only 75% charged and that is only if you have removed the surface charge.
http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f129/battery-choices-information-64071/
Michael

 

[CrusaderTBC]

I don't have a desufating recharger. Just a trickle/jump start charger from sears. I've got the battery tender plus on order.

 

[cutters68]

+1:coolnana: battery tender plus

 

[TimMullen]

I don't have a desufating recharger. Just a trickle/jump start charger from sears. I've got the battery tender plus on order.

For the record, the Battery Tender does not do the desulfating - the Battery MINDer does - that's the difference between the two...

 

[SirLotus]

As a point of information, desulfating only has a chance of being effective if the the condition is not progressed too far. Basically, it sets up a resonance that is supposed to break the sulfur deposits loose from the plates which it is insulating.

 

[CrusaderTBC]

lol.. well I just ordered a Battery Minder too. Maybe I should have just gone straight to ordering a new battery in the first place. ;-p