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16-05-08, 07:06 PM
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decent battery
anyone suggest a decent battery for my ak. battery only one yr old but has been standing for 6mths. wont turn over if fan still running
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16-05-08, 07:30 PM
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What you need is a battery conditioner. If you buy another battery and leave it for six months, the same will happen. With a conditioner, you leave it connected to the battery and it maintains it at a constantly charged level.
If you connect a conditioner to your present battery, it will probably revive it. 
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16-05-08, 07:37 PM
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Numax Continual Use Battery Charger | Products | Auto Express
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16-05-08, 09:51 PM
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You could always use the car more often!
I believe you can get much cheaper units which will keep a battery up. I think mine was in the order of £18. It only puts a nice smooth trickle in to keep a battery up, or charges it real slow, but thats fine as long as you use it whenever you are parked up. I'm keeping a couple of un-connected batteries in useable condition out of the car using this for several years now.
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17-05-08, 07:08 AM
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If you think its been standing for 6 mths below 11v then forget it. You might bring it back a bit but it will not be reliable.
As has been suggested, buy a new battery, get a conditioner and disconnect it from the car when its not in use. Even in open terminal state it will loose about 4-6% SOC (state of charge) per month of storage. Once the battery reaches 75% SOC or about 12.4v it is discharged sufficiently to require recharging, so keeping it on a conditioner or checking it regularly and completing a normal charge is better than trying to recover it once sulphation has started. HTH
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17-05-08, 11:06 AM
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new battery it is then. have conditioner but was standing in local mechanics being butchered over winter, performance specialists they reckon. never again. anyway cheers guys
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