I have an Interstate deep cycle marine/rv battery to power the trolling motor on my canoe. It's about 2-3 years old. I loaned it to a friend to power a car power inverter to run his fish tank when his electricity was turned off, and while transporting it in the back of his car it tipped over and spilled at least a 1/3rd of the acid, maybe more.

Is this battery still usable? Could I buy more battery acid and refill it if it's 1/3rd to 1/2 gone?

 

I think you can still buy battery electrolyte. I would refill it and stick it on a trickle charger.

 

I thought this thread was going to be about how to save the back of your friends car, not about how to save your battery.. damn selfish bastard

 

haha, I got mad baking soda on the back of the car, pwnzored it good

 

2-3 yrs is about as long as those batteries last anyways. i'd say just give up and buy a new one. i hate playing with battery acid, it doesnt taste very good!

 

Heh, he already had baking soda on the metal below the carpet before I told him to do it. I had a lawn mower battery spill in the back of my car and it pooled in the back. Took me a lot of baking soda, a hose, a scrub brush, and a can of rustoleum to get it taken care of. I hate spilling stuff like that in a car.

There's only like 1/5th of the acid gone at most. I'm going to try to track down some electrolyte, if I can't find it, I'll throw some distilled water in there. It's pretty old anyway, might be time for a new one.

 

you can pick up electrolyte at batteries plus for like $5. those deep cycle batteries can last a lot longer than they say. frankie's got some in the camaro that are from the mid 90's or some shit, still runnin' strong.

 

my battery spills all the time and its still good. but for some reason the side of it looks like its about to explode =D

 

Shit, my batteries are gel cell though, not straight up electrolyte. Just fill that bitch back up for $5.

 

Yes, it is bad. And you suck.