Champ4599 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Guys i have a few more old nis batteries found in stores. Any idea what these are off aswel. Thankyou for info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attleej Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Dear All, These are normally for radio sets however I have no idea which ones! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ4599 Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Thanks for info. Are they worth anything. They are nos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Suslowicz Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Guys i have a few more old nis batteries found in stores.Any idea what these are off aswel. Thankyou for info. The top pair look to be 6 volt 40 amp hour batteries, they're general purpose signals batteries but typically used with the WS B44 and WS62 (in pairs to provide 12 volts). The bottom one was used (in pairs, again) with the WS19 and similar sets. It's another general purpose battery and was also fitted to the REME lightweight repair trailer, used in pairs (12v) or quads (24V) in land rovers and the K9 wireless truck to rune whatever radios they were fitted with. Your biggest problem will be finding someone willing to supply you with the acid to fill them (due to the depredations of the Elves who drink Safe Tea). Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ4599 Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Some nice information on these batteries. Will get more pictures as soon as i can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Like Chris says getting the acid will be a problem. Even 20 years ago I had great difficulty getting two NOS batteries filled. Eventually I found a battery specialist who was none too keen at first as he felt the acid he sold was just to service his batteries. But he did concede at a price to fill them, charge & monitor them that they were safe. So by the time I paid for that, the batteries weren't such a bargain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) Clive - my local battery distributor (a privately owned large auto electrical components factor) is happy to fill, charge and monitor at a sensible price (we've been customers for a lot of years). So there must be a few others out there. Alternatively, a 'fill-your-own' pack is available from Lincon, who manufacture rubber cased batteries: http://www.lincon.co.uk/accessories.html While I have your attention - do you have any thoughts about my mention of them advising waste of time filling batteries with white on the plates on Champ's other battery thread? Edited January 4, 2015 by N.O.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Well that sounds more promising then, I searched all possibilities in Alton & Winchester but only got one result. Of course no internet (for me anyway) in those days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 While I have your attention - do you have any thoughts about my mention of them advising waste of time filling batteries with white on the plates on Champ's other battery thread? Hi Tony, I have heard that before and probably true. I guess when that white powder frees itself on charging it will settle in the bottom and cause same problems as batteries near the end of life. If the cell caps are sealed, as it looked like on these boxed ones on this thread, then they may not have got the powder grown on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Richard - the caps on my batteries are all tight - it must be the combination of 25 years plus and the tiny breather hole in the cap which has done for them! :mad: Absolutely no sign of packaging failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Suslowicz Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Richard - the caps on my batteries are all tight - it must be the combination of 25 years plus and the tiny breather hole in the cap which has done for them! :mad: Absolutely no sign of packaging failure. I hesitate to suggest getting the REME battery manual and tooling up to pull the plate assemblies in order to remove the sludge. (Though I'm tempted to do this with a cracked 6V 40AH as a donor for a clapped-out unit - as long as the Elves aren't listening.) Long-term reconditioning with a pulse charger might bring them back if they're not physically damaged (i.e leaking) or short circuited internally. Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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