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Reconditioning batteries Piccolo Pete 07-04-2008
Posted by Piccolo Pete on July 4, 2008, 2:10 pm
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 For some reason, most likely laziness, I find a lot of used deep cycle
batteries in parking lots and such. My charger has a "desulfate" setting on
it to recondition wet cells. If I find a wet cell that doesn't look like
it's been through the wringer, do you think it is possible I might be able
to recondition it and get some use out of it? When my system is running at
peak, I have more power than my regular house batteries can handle and I was
just wondering if this might be a cheap way to get more back up power.

Bart



Posted by Vaughn Simon on July 4, 2008, 2:30 pm
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> For some reason, most likely laziness, I find a lot of used deep cycle
> batteries in parking lots and such. My charger has a "desulfate" setting on
> it to recondition wet cells. If I find a wet cell that doesn't look like it's
> been through the wringer, do you think it is possible I might be able to
> recondition it and get some use out of it? When my system is running at peak,
> I have more power than my regular house batteries can handle and I was just
> wondering if this might be a cheap way to get more back up power.


In general, I think that every "battery repair" gizmo I have ever tried was
snake oil. I gave up on the idea of rescuing bad batteries years ago, so there
may be something out there I don't know about.

Try it. What do you have to lose? If nothing else, they are worth money as
scrap.

Vaughn



Posted by Piccolo Pete on July 4, 2008, 4:20 pm
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>
>> For some reason, most likely laziness, I find a lot of used deep cycle
>> batteries in parking lots and such. My charger has a "desulfate" setting
>> on it to recondition wet cells. If I find a wet cell that doesn't look
>> like it's been through the wringer, do you think it is possible I might
>> be able to recondition it and get some use out of it? When my system is
>> running at peak, I have more power than my regular house batteries can
>> handle and I was just wondering if this might be a cheap way to get more
>> back up power.
>
>
> In general, I think that every "battery repair" gizmo I have ever tried
> was snake oil. I gave up on the idea of rescuing bad batteries years
> ago, so there may be something out there I don't know about.
>
> Try it. What do you have to lose? If nothing else, they are worth
> money as scrap.
>
> Vaughn

Ouch... You don't make me feel warm and fuzzy here, Vaughn. Actually, I've
heard of people in another group (photovoltaics?) say they have a schedule
in which they overcharge their batteries to about 17 volts for a few hours
on regular basis every few months. They say they have "happy batteries".

Yeah, I'll give it a try on the next good looking battery I find. Of course
there could also be other things wrong with the batteries too. Big problem
is, it would definately over tax my system to do such a thing so I would
need to drag these 30-50 lb things to my sister's for grid power.

Bart



Posted by Balanced View on July 4, 2008, 7:13 pm
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Piccolo Pete wrote:
>
>>
>>> For some reason, most likely laziness, I find a lot of used deep cycle
>>> batteries in parking lots and such. My charger has a "desulfate" setting
>>> on it to recondition wet cells. If I find a wet cell that doesn't look
>>> like it's been through the wringer, do you think it is possible I might
>>> be able to recondition it and get some use out of it? When my system is
>>> running at peak, I have more power than my regular house batteries can
>>> handle and I was just wondering if this might be a cheap way to get more
>>> back up power.
>>>
>> In general, I think that every "battery repair" gizmo I have ever tried
>> was snake oil. I gave up on the idea of rescuing bad batteries years
>> ago, so there may be something out there I don't know about.
>>
>> Try it. What do you have to lose? If nothing else, they are worth
>> money as scrap.
>>
>> Vaughn
>>
>
> Ouch... You don't make me feel warm and fuzzy here, Vaughn. Actually, I've
> heard of people in another group (photovoltaics?) say they have a schedule
> in which they overcharge their batteries to about 17 volts for a few hours
> on regular basis every few months. They say they have "happy batteries".
>
> Yeah, I'll give it a try on the next good looking battery I find. Of course
> there could also be other things wrong with the batteries too. Big problem
> is, it would definately over tax my system to do such a thing so I would
> need to drag these 30-50 lb things to my sister's for grid power.
>
> Bart
>
>
>

I knew a guy who used to sell " reconditioned batteries", he used to
swear that reversing the polarity when
charging them was his secret ;`) I bought one off him and it lasted over
a year before it died.

Posted by Piccolo Pete on July 4, 2008, 10:52 pm
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> Piccolo Pete wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> For some reason, most likely laziness, I find a lot of used deep cycle
>>>> batteries in parking lots and such. My charger has a "desulfate"
>>>> setting on it to recondition wet cells. If I find a wet cell that
>>>> doesn't look like it's been through the wringer, do you think it is
>>>> possible I might be able to recondition it and get some use out of it?
>>>> When my system is running at peak, I have more power than my regular
>>>> house batteries can handle and I was just wondering if this might be a
>>>> cheap way to get more back up power.
>>>>
>>> In general, I think that every "battery repair" gizmo I have ever
>>> tried was snake oil. I gave up on the idea of rescuing bad batteries
>>> years ago, so there may be something out there I don't know about.
>>>
>>> Try it. What do you have to lose? If nothing else, they are worth
>>> money as scrap.
>>>
>>> Vaughn
>>>
>>
>> Ouch... You don't make me feel warm and fuzzy here, Vaughn. Actually,
>> I've heard of people in another group (photovoltaics?) say they have a
>> schedule in which they overcharge their batteries to about 17 volts for a
>> few hours on regular basis every few months. They say they have "happy
>> batteries".
>>
>> Yeah, I'll give it a try on the next good looking battery I find. Of
>> course there could also be other things wrong with the batteries too.
>> Big problem is, it would definately over tax my system to do such a thing
>> so I would need to drag these 30-50 lb things to my sister's for grid
>> power.
>>
>> Bart
>>
>>
>
> I knew a guy who used to sell " reconditioned batteries", he used to swear
> that reversing the polarity when
> charging them was his secret ;`) I bought one off him and it lasted over a
> year before it died.

I'm not sure I would like to try that. But, I suppose free batteries are
something to experiment with. Seems like it would make them explode,
though.

Bart



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