Topic: Reviving a dead Eco-Charge?

[jlykos]

OK, so I try to tape a show for the first time in over a year with my Eco-Charge 6v and I find out that the battery is totally dead.  I charged it for a few hours before trying to use it and the red light on the charger went out, indicating that the battery was ready.  Is there any way to "revive" this Eco-Charge battery, or is it totally dead and I should throw it away?  I really don't think this is a charger issue; probably more of a function of the battery not being charged in over a year.

[hammerhorror]

If I were you, I would ditch the SLA and switch to a lithium-ion battery solution. There really is no need to still be carrying around a heavy eco-charge battery. With all of the new lithium solutions out there, it wouldn't be worth the headache to me to try and revive a dying Eco-Charge.

[guysonic]

Lithium battery replacement is reasonable if having at least the storage capacity watts of older pack.  This maintains runtime expectations using L/A battery.

On the other hand, if battery still takes some charge after sitting around for a year, there's chance one of those advanced 'battery reconditioning' chargers using special pulse technology can restore an abused L/A. 

However, unless already having one of these healing chargers, cost to get one is maybe same to double a lithium battery replacement.  And renewal is not always successful if battery refuses to charge at all.

Only found one and tried it out mostly on newer L/A batteries stored a bit too long, and seems to mostly work as advertised.

The redipulse 6/12 model is the one I've had for a few years, and now I see a new model at higher cost.

http://www.batterystuff.com/battery-restoration/6-volt/