Damaged battery: repairable or scrap?

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Sea Cot

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The shipping company for the place that has all the parts your car will ever need got a bit frisky with a battery. A replacement will be sent free of charge and without obligation to return the damaged unit. I haven't messed around with it yet, but has anyone tackled a repair like this- straighten it out and secure with epoxy blob? Or, just let it go?



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Autozone, Advance Auto, etc usually will give you $10-20 of store credit if you recycle a battery with them.

I'd leave it alone. A battery can make a big boom if things short out.
 
Put some epoxy putty around it and see if it will adhere to the plastic. Hate to see a new battery go to waste. It can be use as a jumper. It’s worth more as a core than scrap value.
 
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I've never gotten a battery delivered.
Was it shipped empty with some acid to fil it up? If so I wouldn't fill it up.

If it came already filled it's probably fine or somebody would have already experienced the problem. I wuoldn't use it in any vehicle but maybe you could come up with something stationary (backup sump pump, security camera or lights?).
 
JEEPCJTJ said:
I've never gotten a battery delivered.
Was it shipped empty with some acid to fil it up? If so I wouldn't fill it up.

If it came already filled it's probably fine or somebody would have already experienced the problem. I wuoldn't use it in any vehicle but maybe you could come up with something stationary (backup sump pump, security camera or lights?).
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it's an AGM battery, so nothing to fill. No leaks.
 
AGM is still a lead acid battery. Along with acid your dealing with hydrogen. So it needs to be sealed up. I’m not sure what epoxy would stick here. I weld/solder industrial batteries as we change the cells when they go bad so my “tolerance” for playing with a battery may be higher than others. Lol. Be aware of the dangers involved.
 
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I tried a repair to a battery post once, in my case it was broken off and I tried using JB WELD it did NOT work, apparently JB is not "conductive" so I just recycled the battery. Note, if a plate shorts out internally it can be not so good. I had one explode and start a heck of a fire. Be careful
 
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Return that to a local branch and let them deal with it. A free battery that is dangerous to use, isn't very much of an asset.
 
Sea Cot said:
it's an AGM battery, so nothing to fill. No leaks.
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AGM batteries are called maintenance free because they are "sealed." I put sealed in quotes because they actually have what is called a valve regulated vent that will expel hydrogen gas at something like 1 or 2 psi of internal pressure. Yours is no longner "sealed". It's garbage and potentially dangerous.
 
bucky said:
Put some epoxy putty around it and see if it will adhere to the plastic. Hate to see a new battery go to waste. It can be use as a jumper. It’s worth more as a core than scrap value.
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I’m good with this....but I’ve got lots of batteries on the farm, I can find a less stressful location for it!
 
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