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Charging Gel Cells 18-Sep-2009 At 11:18:48 AM james
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On 18/09/2009 gfdonc wrote:
>Despite all of this, I only get about 2-3 years out of a cell. However,
>I think the shock from the bike eventually shakes the internal terminals
>loose. I've been unable to confirm this theory (opening anything with
>acid goo inside sounds like a bad idea to me).

yep I used to run home made bike lights powered by 7ah gel cells & a few died after bumps - I used to have 1 hang under the top tube & big bunny hops or bumps was sometimes enough for it to stop working.
I thought the gel inside is fairly solid so it *might* not be so bad to pull it apart...(you probably know more)

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