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Hey all I have a 3.2v non protected battery that was discharged way to far and sat for a long time. It is now only at .51v and my charger whont charge it or evin seem to recognise that the battery is there.
I did a quick seached around and could not find a fix, so I thought I would share how I fix a dead battery.
So back when I was more into R/C cars. Id occasionally forget to unhook a battery and or turn the car off, and end up with a battery that is so dead it wouldn't charge the next time i whent to use it.
So instead of buying a new expensive battery, I tryed difrent ways to jump start it to a voltage that will make the charger see it.
I came up with somthing like this, but with more baterry's in series for the higher volt battery packs. you need a higher voltage that the battery you are trying to jump start.
This works with NiMH & LiFePO for shure, I have not tried the other battery types so use Caution if you try this on different battery's.
Wach the battery like a hawk when it is charging, makeing shure it dose not get hot. I charged a battery of the same typ that has not died to compare the heat from the two.
But as you can see from the picks I have a battery that will now take a charge.
I did a quick seached around and could not find a fix, so I thought I would share how I fix a dead battery.
So back when I was more into R/C cars. Id occasionally forget to unhook a battery and or turn the car off, and end up with a battery that is so dead it wouldn't charge the next time i whent to use it.
So instead of buying a new expensive battery, I tryed difrent ways to jump start it to a voltage that will make the charger see it.
I came up with somthing like this, but with more baterry's in series for the higher volt battery packs. you need a higher voltage that the battery you are trying to jump start.
This works with NiMH & LiFePO for shure, I have not tried the other battery types so use Caution if you try this on different battery's.
Wach the battery like a hawk when it is charging, makeing shure it dose not get hot. I charged a battery of the same typ that has not died to compare the heat from the two.
But as you can see from the picks I have a battery that will now take a charge.