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Subject:Help with sealed lead batteries
From:Harry Hoffman
Date:Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:05:04 -0500

Hi All,

So, in my never-ending upgrade spree of my vanagon I've come across a
UPS with 8 of these batteries in series:

http://bit.ly/QtprbR

It seems like the batteries might be dead and I'm thinking about
charging them to see if they will hold a charge. I'm not sure how to go
about charging them.

Should I disconnect everything and charge one by one or can I charge in
series?

Anyone have any experience with this?

They were hooked up to a UPS with a 240V 20A input so there's some
electronics that reside before the 1st set of batteries. Can I just
disconnect that and charge them with a 2A trickle charger?

I'm googling while I write this but I figured some of you might know.

TIA!

Cheers,
Harry

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