Or bend the plates ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnny Verhoeven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 3:10 AM Subject: Re: battery salvation
> At 01:07 5/09/2003 -0600, you wrote: > >When a lead acid battery sits without a charge for a while, the plates > >start to sulfate. > > Yep, there are two ways to reduce sultatation. > > 1. Give the battery a good load. Something like 10A for 20 minutes. Watch > out the battery will boil. > This will shake the cristals lose and they will sink to the bottom. > > 2. Add some Ethylene Diamine Tetraacetic Acid (EDTA) to the electrolite > this will disolve small cristals > Commercial names of this are 'YUASA sulfate stop','Longa-batt',.... > > You can order this from www.pureresearch.co.uk (no affiliation). > > > > I am not so shure about 1. I know 2 will work, I asked my brother who is a > chemical engeneer. > If you try this please keep me posted. > > Both methods will restore some of the capacity of the battery. Don't expect > miracles. > If you add EDTA to a new battery you may extend battery life with 20-30%. > > > Johnny-from-belgium >
