[SEL] re dead battery

[Skip Cleveland]

Many years ago, in Chattanooga, there were a bunch of used battery places on 
Rossville Blvd., used car row.
What they did was simple. Pour all the old acid out into a pan, shake the 
battery around and bang it on the floor a bit. Squirt a water hose nozzle 
into the holes and repeat the procedure a couple of three times. Just pour 
the old acid back in and more water if needed. The battery would generally 
last two more years.
I did it myself for a few years but, it's rough on the clothing. \I have a 
two year old Sears battery in my car that has lids that I can remove, the 
tractor battery is sealed however, an needs a maintainer after 1-1/2 years.
Skip



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "S. Work" <endacomm10 at yahoo.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] re dead battery


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> peter ogborne <jopeter at omninet.net.au> wrote:     Thanks for that S.Work 
> .Wondering what is the cause of battery failure? Is it the 
> sulphurisation[ Is that he right term/} of the plates . Could it be that 
> if this is the case this build up on the plates could be removed? Is there 
> a substance that would do this job ?
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>  That is the correct term (Sorta) sulphation is the bonding of elemental 
> sulfur to the lead plates , Being relatively Non-Conductive it prevents 
> the cell affected from charging properly. There have been witch doctor 
> cures, Of which most cause more problems than they cure. (If there were a 
> simple and reliable cure there would be no battery re-builders) The Main 
> problem with chemical treatment, would be completely flushing the sulfuric 
> acid from the substrates. Introducing a leaching agent to release the 
> sulfur , Then Completely removing that from the substrates prior to 
> reintroduction of normal electrolyte. Since the Substrates are much like 
> Sponges, it would be nearly impossible without dissassembly. And if you're 
> gonna go that far, Why not just Build-Rebuild it.Melt the lead, Sulpher 
> releases, and floats on top. Skim it off. and re-cast your plates.
>
>   Steve.
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