Reviving a Shorai battery...

cbertozz

cbertozz

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...So apparently it can be done.

I rang Shorai to chase a spare cable and mentioned that I had "killed" one of their batteries previously.

I had tried to recharge the battery using the Shorai charger to no avail. It sat at 6v and wouldn't budge.

Where I was going wrong was that I should have pressed the 'Store' button which can apparently revive the battery from zero as long as it hasn't been like that for too long.

So the battery is on Store...Will report back at the weekend.
 
The bush mechanics put them in the campfire until the fluid boils.
 
chrisk said:
Yep that can happen, if you ijure someone with the resulting BOOM, then the Police site you with 'Battery' ................... either way you get charged.  :D
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Razor blades for brekky today Chris? Champagne humour just rolling off the tongue in several threads.
 
I was told yonks ago that the crud from the plates during use and charging builds
up until it shorts out the cell, hence the gap between the plates and the bottom
of the battery Also told that in India they empty the old battery, usually down
nearest drain, rinse it out, refill with acid and its good to go again for a short time
until the plates actually disappear. May be crap but 50 years ago we talked a lot of it.

Maybe we still do.

Love the humor above. 
 
Threw a 12G shotgun cartridge into a campfire one night. Pissed of course. Everyone scattered and hid behind available trees. Went off like our current Prime Minister - a fizzer.  :LOL: :LOL:
 
OK, campfire explosion stories...... many moons ago on the first night of a 4 day school hike with no spare clothes (peyeew!) and no waterholes to clean up in (peyeewer!) some arsewipe put a can of shredded pineapple in the fire, when it exploded it covered everyone with pineapple juice and shreds which immediately dried into a sticky residue. 4 days of 30C plus later after fending off attacking ants all day and night we finally emerged covered in bites, sweat and still sticky pineapple juice. We never did find out who threw it in, but if we had he would have been axe murdered.... The bus back pretty much had to be hosed out and aired for a week!!
 
Ammunition in the fire is very disappointing. It's not like in the movies where bullets fly everywhere, putting everyone within a mile radius in lethal peril. They just fizz or pop. Their projectiles don't go anywhere. The explosion needs to be confined in a gun barrel for the charge to give the bullet any velocity.
 
Dellortoman said:
Ammunition in the fire is very disappointing. It's not like in the movies where bullets fly everywhere, putting everyone within a mile radius in lethal peril. They just fizz or pop. Their projectiles don't go anywhere. The explosion needs to be confined in a gun barrel for the charge to give the bullet any velocity.
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:( I just finished watching NARCOS ............. the van, loaded with ammo, on fire with bullets going off everywhere was impressive ............. but clearly bullshit.  >:( I'm sending an email to Myth Busters 
 
The reason I know about this is that I tried chucking .22 rounds in the camp fire when I was young and stupid. They'd just make a feeble little "pop" and barely stir up the coals.  So I got brave and tried it with a .303 round and it did the same thing. Only difference is that the .303 made a marginally louder pop and managed to raise a few sparks from the fire. The normal popping and crackling of firewood is more energetic.

Empty pressure pack cans are way more exciting, and dangerous. Hide behind a tree when you chuck them in the fire. :o
 
Learn something on here every day...not always what you think you'll learn either, LOL.

Burning rubbish in an old 44 gal drum many years back, reluctant to burn...
Looked round the place for a possible accelerant and realised I had a tin of used oil ex a race bike - the old Shell super M castor base motor honey..
Put about a liter on and eventually it caught - the drum looked like an enormous blowtorch with one huge flame out the top.
Lasted for about 10 minutes. Very impressive. Had to toss the drum once it had cooled, part melted...
 
To continue with the theme.....As kids we used to light a fire and angle a short length of scaffolding tube with the base in the heart of the fire then drop a green soda syphon gas cannister in. Eventually a loud bang and the hiss of flying shrapnel.

Anyway back on topic, after two days on store mode the battery is now recovered to over 50% of charge and on the way to being fully charged. So I will.be doing this to the other battery I supposedly destroyed so I'll have a spare. A very useful lesson for me and a big thanks to Shorai AU for taking the time to help out.
 
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