[77newell]

One more thing to try. I had a pair of 8D starting batteries in my 77 coach ran completely down when I forgot to switch off the battery switch. It was winter and when I checked the batteries they were frozen with the sides bulging. I brought them home - think heavy duty back strain but boy I did it. I have a Victor automatic battery charger that when I first hooked it up it kept going into the fault mode, but after several tries they started to take a charge. I let the charger do its job for a couple days and then ran several cycles of desulphation and charging. The sides went back to normal and they would hold a charge. Back into the coach with them and they started the coach for four more years with occasional desulphation routines. I suppose I was just lucky since the batteries were already four years old and frozen. If I'm going to be stupid it's nice to be lucky once in awhile.