How To Restore old Batteries Fast

People often think that a dead battery should be discarded and pay huge bucks to buy a brand new one. While this is one option to retrieve a fully functional battery, it is not the only way. One can also recondition the batteries, i.e. restoring back the battery back to its initial condition and save money. With some effort, you can get a 100% functional battery, and the following post is your step-to-step guide to recondition batteries.

Reconditioning old batteries is quite easy and anyone can learn to do it. All you need is time and some devices to recover a fully functional battery. Not only it saves your money, but you also save your mother planet by not polluting it. Your old battery will look as new as newly bought one, and you can also make off some money by selling them!

So we basically compiled a comprehensive battery conditioning article that’ll lead you to reconditioning any type of battery.

With more people participating in an endeavor to protect earth and reduce pollution by using power batteries based on renewable energy resources, it is important to maintain and recondition batteries to maximize capacity and reduce energy loss. Batteries have a certain life span and as they cross the mark, there is a distinct loss in capacity to hold a charge.

The impact of old batteries on environment is around 50%, and imagine how healthier the planet will stay if everyone has this useful trick up his sleeves! Not only you stay green if you learn how to recondition your batteries, saving money and time resource are added bonuses!

But before we shall continue, it is important to know the differences between reconditioning and recharging. Reconditioning a battery means restoring battery back to its full capacity (it is as good as new!) while recharging simply means putting in charge for a period.

How to recondition batteries depend a lot on what kind of battery it is. For example, it can be Lead acid, or simple Li-ion battery. Correct knowledge of chemicals and proper handling is necessary for safe reconditioning of batteries.

Often it is the old car batteries with highest demand for reconditioning, however, you also have house batteries for nearly free from scrap factories which can work for reconditioning as well. If you want to reduce energy for long time, you should learn how to recondition a battery! In addition, you might do good volunteering or side job of reconditioning batteries.

How to recondition your Dead car batteries

What do you plan to do with your dead car batteries? Just dump the old one and buy a brand new, costing you thousands of bucks when you can simply recondition it in range of hundreds? By the end of this section, you shall n=know how to recondition an old battery and make it nearly shiny new!

Usually, the 12 V car battery are Lead acid based with Lead terminals and Sulphuric acid as the electrolyte for the battery construction. We know about two types of car batteries-Flooded cell (Wet cell) and Sealed cell (Dry cell).

what are flooded and sealed cells?

Flooded cells have detachable caps for each cell where distilled water is filled up to the working level. Although it lasts for about 4-5 years, it is quite sensitive and requires constant maintenance (every four months or so) to check and maintain water levels in the cell. It is the older version among two.

Sealed cells, on the other hand are the newer version of the cells that can last for about two years without maintenance. After that, it is not serviceable.

Following steps should be followed to recondition a car battery:

1. First step is to check the battery voltage and ensure it to be less than 12 V. This shows that it is already dead.

2. Heat about half a liter of distilled water to about 333K-348K (about 30 K below the boiling point of the water)

3. Now, mix about a quarter of Epsom Salt in heated distilled water and stir it until the salt dissolves

4. For two different types of cells, this step involves different procedures.For flooded cells, you need to remove the battery cell cap.For dry cells, please drill through the sealed cap.For both the cells, pour out the old electrolyte.

5. Insert the new electrolyte into the cell with the help of a funnel. (mainly Epsom salt + water)

6. Next, for a flooded cell, replace the battery cap. For a sealed cell battery, plug the hole in this step.

7. Keep in mind that you have to keep electrolyte properly distributed with no hint of air bubbles inside the cell.

8. Finally, charge it slowly by keeping it on trickle charge overnight and then let it cool. By morning, you have a reformed cell in your hand that performs as good as new

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