New AGM battery is dry...Is that normal? By new2scooters (Read 1,030 times)

[new2scooters]

I purchased a new AGM battery for my scooter project but I have concerns about it.....It doesn't want to accept a charge. This is one of those multi-position batteries. What I am questioning is the battery appears dry.....It is a sealed maintenance free type battery however a label on its top says if it is not charging to take it to a battery shop and have it filled with acid....Anyone run across this issue and if so, did acid correct the problem? I would have sent it back but I purchased it 60 days ago and it only comes with a 30 day exchange policy....

Thanks

[bcgreatness]

Raise hell... customer is always right. Now one thing. Is that a gel creek cell like the optima nature batteries? If so you need a special charger for those. I've owned an optima yellow top and a blue top so i had to learn the hard way lol.

[jct842]

Give the people who you purchased it from a call monday. Lots better than guessing to the solution. john

[Bashan]

I think you got hosed. I've gotten AGMs from YUSA that I had to activate by adding acid, charging, and sealing. I've also bought factory activated AGMs that were fully charged and sealed with no cell access ports on top. That battery you have appears to have standard fill holes on top like a conventional acid battery. I've never heard of taking it to get it filled with acid if it won't charge. If it needed acid it should have been shipped with the acid including instructions on how to add it and charge. What kind is that anyway? Rich

[new2scooters]

Feb 19, 2012 5:30:11 GMT -6 Bashan said:

I think you got hosed. I've gotten AGMs from YUSA that I had to activate by adding acid, charging, and sealing. That battery you have appears to have standard fill holes on top like a conventional acid battery. I've never heard of taking it to get it filled with acid if it won't charge. If it needed acid it should have been shipped with the acid including instructions on how to add it and charge. What kind is that anyway? Rich

Thanks for the reply. I am inclined to agree with you on the getting hosed part....It doesn't make any sense to ship a battery dry if it needs acid before it will work correctly....then again, the battery came from T-MOTORSPORTS.......so I guess that makes perfect financial sense for them. The battery is their personal house brand, TMS....I now regret not including the battery along with the new engine when I returned it for being incomplete..... Since you have been the recipient of a dry battery in the past, I'll gamble a few dollars and get the battery filled with acid and see if it corrects the problem. After the fiasco with the engine and T-MOTORSPORTS I have long since put them on my "list" of places NOT to do business with. This has totally sealed their fate with me.

Thanks again for your input.

[Bashan]

Oh, well now it all makes perfect sense. Maybe your warnings will help some other folks in the future. That's a good idea of putting your own acid in, what do you have to lose? You can buy your own acid that has a filler hose and instructions at any auto parts dealer. It's really cheap too, just be careful of course. Rich

[sprocket]

>>T-MOTORSPORTS I have long since put them on my "list" of places NOT to do business with.

If you bought the battery from T-MOTORSPORTS Ebay site, parts are covered under Ebay buyer protection.. HOWEVER whole engines are not covered...

[silverfox96]

If you have had athe battery on your charger very long, the plates could very well be warped. This is a common occurance when charging a battery if it's low on acid, even in cars and also in electric fork lifts.

[roketafan]

most autoparts store will have the acid u need for a motorcycle batt