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been given a couple of 'ride on' toy cars for my grandaughter from friends. theyre quite old and dont work so i thought id just replace the batteries. one of them comes straight out but the other looks like id need to take the whole thing to bits to get at it.
ive noticed the one ive taken out says 'rechargeable' on it so maybe the other one is too and youre just supposed to stick a couple of connections on it to bring to life again?
anyone got any experience of these batteries?
i just looked at my 12v charger in the garage but it says not to use on 6v, so it looks like my options are new batteries or buy a charger. and as one of the batteries wont come out im thinking id probably be as well to buy a charger.
any recommendations?
I can't imagine how a ride-on toy car wouldn't have rechargeable batterie so yeah there is probably a charger somewhere.
What's important with batteries is the voltage obviously but also the chemistry, which in this case is lead-acid. Any 6v lead acid charger will work. The problem that you now have though is that lead acid batteries gradually discharge themselves over time, and when fully discharged will destroy themselves. So they are almost certainly buggered and will not take a charge.
ah ok, mebbes not worth spunking out on a charger then. thanks for your advice.
You should be able to put two batteries in series and charge with your 12v charger. If they are probably dead anyway there isn't much to lose. I'd do it outside just in case, lead acid batteries can pop if charged too quickly
how would i do that? the battery charger has crocodile clips btw.
how do i connect the two batteries in series and where would i connect the charger clips?
as you say, nowt to lose 🙂
thanks.
how would i do that?
You'd have to get them out of the car which you've said you don't want to do. Almost guaranteed they're knackered if they haven't been used for a year or two.
how would i do that? the battery charger has crocodile clips btw.
Positive of the charger to positive on battery one. Negative on battery one to positive on battery two (jump lead, or a bit of wire twisted round). Negative of battery two to negative of charger.
I had an old 70s Yamaha bike whuch used 6V battery. I bought a spare, connected them both in series and used my 12v charger on them no bother.