I've noticed on most lawn mowers it takes a little bit more cranking amps than what the battery puts out to really really turn it over. That was pretty impressive
I have a very large battery in my RV. I think it has internal damage. The batrery charger boiled out the water and exposed the cells. Your process did save my two 6volt batteries . Thank You. America needs more men like you to show independance and self Reliance. To recap. 10 ounces baking soda and 1 gallon distilled water. Flush battery twice. 12 oz of 100% epsion salt To 1 gallon of water distilled. Fill cells. Then charge to 12 DC volts.
Thanks for showing us how to restore a battery,best and easiest to understand video I have seen yet, especially the exact amount of mixtures, Thank you.
I tried this on a car battery years and years ago, not for frugality, but as a desperate attempt. I flushed and rinsed till the water ran clear, and then filled the battery with clean distilled water.. And then I charged it till it bubbled like soda-water. Once again I rinsed out the battery, then refilled it with new, store bought electrolyte. And it worked. I am going to try it again, using what I have learned from you, thank you. A frugal thing, this time. Time before, it was I gotta have a battery to get to work, a battery that holds a charge, maybe I can refresh my battery. Good old days...no, it sucked. thanks again.
Excellent presentation of the procedure required to rejuvenate a car battery for do it yourselfers, listing amounts of solutions i.e. Baking soda to water for cleaning each cell.- Epson Salts [Bath Salts] to [only} Distilled water for electrolyte.- Charging cycles procedures and amounts required. - Last but not least a method and expiations as to why to apply a Load to discharge Battery. - Personnel safety. Doing it Outdoors. to avoid the lethal fumes that these procedures give off.
I ride a EW-36 Mobility Scooter, with 4 /12v batteries. You have taught me a lot about Reconditioning, maintaining my battery’s and saving my money ... lol ... Thank You kindly and I’m subscribing Immediately
I did exactly same apart from Epsom salts, I saved original acid that I poured into a bucket, returned that acid after cleaning with soda and water, charged it as yourself and been used for caravan lighting for 3 years plus.. Great vid and a great help for folks ! Cheers
yes, I did that too but didn't know about the baking soda wash. At that time you could buy fresh sulfuric acid and replace with fresh but didn't do any good cause of the sulfation, this was 30 years ago before the battery rejuvenation trend!
You couldn't get the battery to power a vehicle, right? I'm stuck with one cell not bubbling, but when I jarred the battery around a little bit, the cell that didn't work changed to the one next to it. I'm running 40 A through the battery terminals with a stick welder. The bad cell doesn't bubble, and like I said, it changed based on rattling the battery around.
I paid attention. Got 7 small batteries to throw the dice with. Big sack of soda and Epsom salt. I appreciate you, your my kinda people. Clean your guns, may need them for long
After a year without starting, the problem is usually with the gas/carb. If it turns over at all the problem is NOT with the battery.....great video. Keep up the good work.
I appreciate that formula I know for a fact based on my riding mowers you barely get more than a year out of those small lawn mower battery and then it's kaput so the fact you were able to get that battery to even turn over and it being 7 years old I think you might have actually made a difference in my opinion I will use this formula thank you for your time
Impressive bounce back for that battery - almost started the tractor on the first round of cranking, & easily would've, given a quick shot of ether down the carb. Very informative! I guarantee this is getting saved in my browser's bookmarks!
At 17:55 with meter in first hole and last hole... you are reading just 5 of the cells, not all 6... actually reading 1/2 of first cell and 4 cells between and 1/2 of last cell.... Lug to Lug you are reading all 6 cells. But yes!! I will be trying this Exactly the way you show it... It is the best instructions I have seen. Thumbs Up etc...
This is a great how to. What I do is almost the same with 2 exceptions. I rinse the battery with distilled water to empty any loose particles and extra baking soda. I also use sulfuric acid instead of Epson salt. Epson salt does not have as much electrical potential as the original acid. I have take a battery ad used the Epson salt with a 350 cca result. I then replaced it with acid and recharged. the same battery held a 630 cca. That being said, I love your video. Keep up the great work.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Will be giving your method a shot on all the batteries we have in the shop for our off grid solar project. Those batteries have literally been sitting for at least 2 years. I'm also planning to purchase some battery acid such as this one: www.amazon.com/WPS-Non-Sealed-Battery-Electrolyte-Pack/dp/B003CKJDW6#customerReviews The purchased acid is to top off any batteries that are low and to boost the concentration of sulfur a bit.
@@RagedContinuum l would neutralize it with baking soda and water until it stop sizzling then it should be safe to put into sewer for sure and maybe septic?
Good series. What I do with the baking soda phase is to keep repeat that until you do not get bubbling any more. You might want to leave the 2nd rince overnight. Also when bumping the battery around, do it on a solid surface. Such as that piece of concrete paving behind you. the harder shock tends to break the crystals a bit easier. You can also use the baking soda to clean the terminals if there are any crystallization there. Once fresh baking soda no longer bubbles, I rinse the battery twice with distilled water. I've never tried Epsom salt though. I Usually just grab some free battery water from my local gas station. I think it is a 10% solution of sulfuric acid and distilled water. That way you pretty much end up with an almost new battery.
Thanks so much Randy, I'm heading over the 5th Wheel to pull four batteries and get a going. I only have two chargers that will work in the "dumb" state. Two batteries going at a time is fine by me, we aren't going anywhere right now. They were five year batteries but I only got three years out of them, sitting there in the basement of the RV during the 100°+ summer days. Appreciate you for doing this! B.
Very cool! I used to do this on all of our RV batteries when we had an RV and saved me a ton of money over many years of camping, it works on deep cell batteries too! Thanks for stopping in!
Buddy Martin Harbor Freight sell battery maintainers cheap. They are nothing more than a 12 volt "wall wart" at below an amp. It will take longer to charge but you may have better luck at this low amperage to bring back a dead battery. Check the information on the package but most of them do not have battery monitoring, in other words they are dumb chargers. Look around your house, you may already have a 12 or 13 volt DC wall wart at an amp or less your not using. Snip off the barrel jack and solder on some alligator clips and you just made a trickle charger.
So happy to see this. I was told about the soda thing 15yrs ago so I cleaned it with soda and although I only put the old acid back the battery worked. .but everyone I told thought I was crazy..but it worked so I did not argue as it was their loss.
I bought a battery for my RV last year for 285 dollars 1 year later it's dead, but but not door nail dead,I'm gonna give this a try and start up my RV I'll get back to you Randy and let you know how it goes. It's one of those hundred pounders,thanks
Great series of videos and very descriptive. You explained everything very well and in laymans's terms unlike many of the other RUclips videos out there. Thanks very much for sharing and best of luck for the future Randy.............................peace bro!
Good job, brother. Definitely going to try this out starting this weekend. I feel more confident in doing this after watching your tutorials on the process. I've watched several others before but didn't really feel that confident because of lack of info. Well explained and detailed by you and I appreciate that. Enjoy your weekend, my friend, and we'll catch you on the next one. Cheers!!!
Many thanks brother and good luck with this! Yeah the mixture here will work no matter the size of the battery, I still haven't seen any other videos that explains much in depth the mixing ratio of both the baking soda and Epsom salt with water. Thanks again for tuning in and Happy Easter!
Many thanks for the comprehensive video! As you stated, others simply fail to give the full information. We are under extreme financial restrictions right now and this may just save me a bundle!
Great video series bud! Just like to add if I may that typically this epsom salt procedure is to clean/rejuvenate the battery, not ultimately a replacement for battery acid. Once you've got the battery in improved shape (de-sulfated), as you have done wonderfully, you'll want to dump the epsom salt mixture out and replace with normal fresh battery acid once again (about $8/quart at any auto parts store). At that point you'll have completed the restoration and the battery will be operating at its maximum refurbished capacity and cranking amps. That said, experimentation is fun. If the epsom salt solution is meeting one's needs, no harm keeping the epsom salt solution. After all, the battery was "dead" and most people would've just thrown it out! Either way you're stretching your dollar, which is the entire point anyway! :)
you are correct, putting acid back into the battery would make it last longer as you said, but I'm getting anywhere from 3 to 4 years on the epsom salt then I just do it all again. thanks for watching and commenting!
@@RandySchartiger As I said in previous video, you are mixing metals -- lead and magnesium. Those bubbles are oxygen bubbles leaving the H2O (water), and leaving Hydrogen ions running around -- thereby creating the sulfuric acid. So it's a sulfuric acid solution the way you're doing it -- which is the same kind of acid you dumped out in the dirty (contaminated with Lead Sulfate) solution. The issue comes with the Magnesium. That magnesium from the Epsom Salt (Magnesium Sulfate) will wind up electroplating the lead plates inside. Both metals conduct electricity. So it clearly will work. And it will fill some of the pitting on the lead plates with Magnesium metal. However, the voltage comes from a differential between metals. You may simply wind up with a battery with lead plates electroplated with magnesium metal that doesn't have the same voltage capacity as it should have. If you were to simply dump out the old electrolyte with the lead sulfate junk in it, and merely add more sulfuric acid of the appropriate concentration...the more you do this, the thinner and thinner those lead plates would get inside. By adding magnesium sulfate, you're helping reduce the amount of the lead plate thinning/pitting. My main concern would be how well the electroplated magnesium 'sticks' to the lead plates. If it doesn't stick well because of chemical properties, the vibration from lawn mowing could cause some of those magnesium deposits to fall to the bottom of the battery as pure magnesium metal powder -- which could wind up shorting out the cells inside. This can happen with the lead solution as well, though -- as the lead sulfate falls off the plates too. And when you re-charge the battery, that lead sulfate turns into just lead metal powder with the sulfur going into solution as Sulfuric Acid. Lead metal powder shorts out plates just as much as magnesium metal powder does. So it's very important to flush that battery out at that initial baking soda step as best you can to remove all the lead and/or magnesium metal particles that have detached from the plates.
@@shanejohns7901 True. Understand that the average idiot does not understand what U typed. Those of us that do and know chemistry already know the uses of such byproducts. :)
That was very nice series to watch unlike the other videos that give u no measurements what so ever or just say my solution and don't tell u what it is .I am going to try this today and in 3 to 5 days I will say if it worked for me. Thank you for videos.
Randy everything sounded good up to the minute you measured 10 volt AC reading on your meter which you pointed to was AC reading. AC (alternating Current) and everyone knows battery is DC (direct current).
I take it you do not use an analogue meter? Admittedly Randy does not show the position of the range selector switch, but this determines the magnitude of the deflection of the needle, and also what type of measurement you want to take IE AC voltage, DC voltage, Amps or Ohms. You can then read it on ANY printed scale on the dial you like, as long as you remember full deflection represents the range magnitude as per your choice on the range selector switch. Everybody moaning about this, just because Randy has to use the red printed scale which happens to have 'AC' printed next to it. He still gets the right reading, assuming he has it set to 'DC voltage' & '30 Volt range'. In fact on his meter he has no choice but to use the 30 volt range, the DC range printed above is designed for the 10v DC range only, and if he he had selected this 10v range on the range selector switch, there was every chance needle would max out on a 12v battery. Micronta on later designs of this meter improved the printed scale. I have the 1980's version (Micronta 22-204C) which has 0.25v, 2.5v, 10v, 50v, 250v & 1000v DC Ranges and a better printed scale. However the printed scale still does not show all 43 ranges I can choose with the range selector switch, so on some ranges you have to use your head and multiply or divide the reading shown on the printed scales. Lucky Randy was not using a Micronta meter like mine, it also has a 'Range Doubler' switch which would have really confused viewers!
the dc scale on this meter only goes up to ten, the bottom scale (the one I used) can read from zero up to 220 volts and it works on both ac or dc. thanks for checking out my videos.
Man your a legend never thought I'd see it but I did with my own eyes may the good lord keep smiling down on you and your family cheers little brother Dashman
Hey, great job...btw, I noticed your Micronta multi meter, I have exact same modei that I bought over 40 years ago, in the uk, our equivalent to radio shack, we had maplin electronics . My meter still works after all these years. Great job on the battery. All the best from bonnie Scotland.
One of my meters is exactly the same as well from about the same time period. Still works well. That little mirrored strip is great for eliminating parallax issues when reading where exactly the needle is. Great design feature.
Thanks for the advice and Videos I'm going to try this also nice bracelet paracord I see you have the survival intrest in mind I can really appreciate people like you who are straight up and doing society a real service thanks Man the world needs more people like you
Haven’t really been looking, but I have several commercial truck batteries that could be restored. I’m going to give this a try. I want to use the batteries for an inverter system for my truck, so I’ll have a/c power without running a generator. If this works for me(I don’t doubt you, I doubt me), it will save me several hundred dollars which I don’t really have to spend.
I forgot about this and glad you made the video, I have a deep cycle and high amp mower battery I am cleaning out today, I hope I have good results, batteries cost more than ever.
Here's what I did back in the late 1970s and early 1980s with my car battery.. I just dumped the acid out into a pastic tub as you did.. then I got a garden hose filled battery, shook it dumped it about 2 -3 times until water was clear.. Put the old acid back in plus a little fresh acid, charged and had a working battery again..
I did this process on a dead 6 volt car battery out of my 1931 Austin Seven and it worked beautifully. In anticipation of it not working I had already bought a new battery - now I have a spare which, in vintage car motoring, is no bad thing.
Hi Randy, Left lot of comments on episode 2. Thought I would just finish up here. I have a working battery, thanks to your instructions! These are my observations, evaluations and concerns...... The process works !! I needed to adjust the concentration of the electrolyte to 15 oz of magnesium sulfate per gallon of water. 12 oz seemed to be too week for me and wasn't providing enough ions to transfer electrons from one plate to the other fast enough to keep the battery charged. So, after several starts the battery no longer had enough voltage and cranking amps to turn the engine over. Increasing the concentration, ultimately seemed to solve my problem! I did two baking soda soaks with 4 or 5 rinses between them. After I did the second baking soda soak, I flushed the battery out with water another 10 times to get all of the sediment out of the battery. Concerns: The process produces about 10 gallons of highly toxic, leaded waste that needs to be taken to a toxic waste facility! ALWAYS COLLECT AND POUR BATTERY EFFLUENT INTO A BUCKET. DO NOT DUMP IT INTO THE EARTH! IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A TOXIC WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY CLOSE BY, DO NOT DO THIS PROCESS! I will report back in 6 months with a battery update. Thanks Again!
Thanks a lot. I understand pretty much everything. Neutralize the old battery acid. Clean the scale off the battery. Put in new hydrocloric acid ( Epsom salts and water ). Slowly charge battery to 14 amps, if possible, and give her a go.
I've seen a video performed 3 different kind of procedures on how to restore a dead battery. After all the hard works however, unfortunately the result was a failure. The guy has lots of frustrations, because he ended up buying a new battery for his mini tractor. The voltage of the battery was right on the money, but the cranking amps was absolutely missing which is the most important factor to start his mini tractor.
Thanks for a great video! You may want to unplug/disconnect your headlights. All generated electricity goes to the old battery. I could see your headlights on in the video. Good job!
No, that motor has a alternator under the flywheel, with 36v A.C. leads to head lights... and Some D.C. leads to the Battery .... from different coils, not affecting the 12V charging of the battery.
Just a tip pertaining to having problems with a tractor not wanting to start, sometimes the engine can have an issue of having a good ground to the body of the tractor, I have ran a jumper wire from the battery directly to a bolt on the engine and had good results.
Was about to buy a battery yesterday. Mine is only 3 years old.Have to jump it to get it going, (Even after it's been charging ) it just doesn't have the cranking amps anymore. Going to try this ,after all, I have nothing to lose. Thanks
My Grandfather taught me to always set a battery on a wooden plank as you have done in your video. Now the experts are telling me that batteries have come along way in making plastic cases for batteries that we don't have to do that anymore
when you run a desulfator... are you supposed to be doing the trickle charge at the same time the desulfator is on? Or do you have to separate the process? I was wondering if you'd get better and faster results with the trickle charger on with the desulfator? Thanks.
Thx, that was a very informative demonstration, I'm gonna see if I can find some decent old batteries at a scrap yard to see if I can get a reliable bigger battery bank on my solar system.
I was wondering the same thing.. I guess you can take the acid + lead sulphate to the chemical recycling mob when they recycle old batteries.. hopefully they don't send it down to the sewerage works!!
Can I use a trickle charger to regenerate the battery once I do the baking soda shake and epson salt transfusion? As well should I hose the battery out once I’m complete cleaning it out with baking soda? Thank you!
Hey Thanks, I am about to try this. Yours is the best vid, I have found. Now I have a clue about the solutions. A saws all has been handy puddling concrete. With out a blade press one on forms and watch it work. Me thinks this could help knock off that nasty residue. I wonder what would happen if a charge where applied with the baking soda in there. I have caught a few of your guitar vids. Always fun. Be safe Chris
@@stevenplank7058 No, in this type of meters you read both AC & DC on same scale, depending on the AC/DC switch position. He has this clear explanation on the 2/3 video :)
I was told by my grandfather to always put the battery caps on before charging so if you do create a spark, it won't ignite the hydrogen gasses coming out of the battery It will contain the gasses enough to be much safer
Most makes sense, however was confused how you charged the battery using Epsom Salts. Never saw how you added fresh ACID & Distilled Water, and what ratio was used?
We all know about the still around back behind the barn lol! Waiting for Daisy Duke and Waylon's hands to join in! Seriousley, your "how to" series on batteries is far and above the dozens of others i've seen. I'm just trying to rejuvenate 2 batteries for a friend's mobility scooter.
Thank you Sir for sharing and demonstrating this method. It means less garbage into landfills, and more money in my pocket. Regards from S Africa Clive P. S. Subbed
You got the battery rejuvenated enough to start the mower. That is a feat as it is but it sounds like if the one cell wasn't dead it has the potential to work almost like new. Looks like Q-ball was enjoying the warmer weather and sunshine while it lasted :D
Sometimes unless it's a dead short a cell like this can be revived, even if it is a dead short sometimes the baking soda will finally loosen the sulfate crystals enough to fall off and eliminate the shorted cell, I might work on that one cell a bit more. Thanks for having a look.
I noticed that your Micronta Multitester was not zeroed in. It is about one volt on the negative side. You can zero it before use by using a small flat head screwdriver and turning the small screw on the face of the tester. No need to turn it on or connect it to anything. Just turn clockwise or counter until the needle is dead on zero. Cheers.
You can indeed create sulfuric acid out of epsom salt through an electrolysis, however, you should be doing it in a separate process so you can get rid of the magnesium hydroxide leftovers. Then mix a correct ammount of 35/65 acid/water into the battery.
Hey Randy, I just seen your video, you mentioned reading the red number scale on the Micronter volt meter, but that's the AC scale. You have to read the black scale above the red, that's the DC scale, and the number 3 on the extreme right on the black DC scale represents 30 volts DC. I couldn't see if you selected the +DC with the red switch. All in all good video, I'll try this battery fix one day.
Here in the UK, since Nov 2018 we can no longer buy battery acid, neither off-the-shelf or on-line, unless we hold an EPP Licence costing £39.50 (pretty rigorous application process and licence only last 3 years). Also we can no longer legally take the acid out of a battery, without this licence! So Epsom Salts as a replacement for acid is the only practical way we can go (for all those querying Randy on "Why use Epsom, why not use Acid?"). So if in the UK, do not admit to draining any battery of its acid without holding an EPP Licence!! Leading on to your question : - If you have removed, the safest & cheap way to neutralize its acidity would be to throw in 6 oz of Baking soda (Bicarbonate of Soda) into the waste acid - Randy does not mention this. Probably 6 oz is a bit of an overkill considering most car batteries only hold about 1/2 gallon of electrolyte and it likely to have lost some of its potency in a sulphated battery anyhow, but better going slightly more alkaline than leaving the waste fluid on acidic side. Although this will render the acidity much less harmful, you must remember there will be a fair concentration of heavy metals (namely lead) in the original acid, and to certain extent, in the Baking Soda and water mix used as cleaning / flushing solution. This lead is what gives the electrolyte its black colour. Certainly it would be irresponsible to dump this in a rainwater / sewer drain without further cleaning. I would check your local waste disposal site for their guidelines, no point wasting more baking soda if they happy to accept the acid as it is, but if neutralized fluid is cheaper cost to dispose of, then throw in 6oz of baking soda.
@@RandySchartiger Hello Randy, I was successful with my battery resurrection with only one exception. The temperature reached a low of @ 0 degrees Fahrenheit in February. My battery did freeze and showed @ 4 volts when frozen. When it thawed out volts were @ 12.1 and it started the truck like it should. 👍👍
I just did this deal to a T, and I just put it on the charger. My charger has a “slow charge” (or so it say) at 12V-10amps on a huge Interstate Battery for my Ford F-450 Dually. I’ll check back in with you tomorrow and if needed. In 48hrs.
I am going to get started on my car battery using this information. If it doesn't work, follow up comments won't be forgotten to post. If it does work...I might start grinnin' and forgettin'.
The Scale you are Referring to,using is an AC Scale,NOT DC..... Not believing i did not catch that ,first time i watched this video... Anyways,love ur videos,still the best ones on this topic,ON RUclips!
When attaching leads to a battery, FIRST connect the positive then the negative. When removing attached leads, FIRST remove the negative and then the positive. To prevent arcing. The hot (dangerous) connection is the black (negative) terminal when batteries are concerned. For home electrical wiring it is the opposite.
Hey Randy, good stuff. I'll be trying this later this year on a couple of old batteries. Just an FYI on your multi-meter you're using at approx 1:45. After you get the meter in the position you're going to read it at (laying down, standing up, or partially propped up) and before you hook it up, adjust the needle to zero with the little plastic screw on the face of the meter. You'll be reading a more accurate measurement that way. Thanks again.
Yes, GREAT JOB Man...! Enjoyed watching this little series. And Thanx for the specific info for mixing solutions.... BUT....... can you do a small series of experiments (maybe) to show the difference(s) now, between the original (acid based) electrolyte and the new Epsom-Salt electrolyte? I don't mean anything super scientific........... I mean, IF you can... just show what a "New" battery (with acid) will do. And compare it with the Epsom-Salt battery. Performance tests...... that'd be interesting to see too. put the same load on both batteries and demonstrate the difference with the "New" / "Rebuilt" Epsom Salt battery.
Time stamp 7:14........You bet we can hear that battery sizzling.........it sounds like you're frying up some bacon....lol. GOOD JOB & THANKS RANDY!!! This should save folks ( myself included ) $$$ on not having to replace batteries near as often.
Question why not reuse the old acid? If it sits over night all the dirt in it settles to the bottom of the plastic container you dumped it in and if you just use a funnel and a paint strainer you can put most of it back in a gallon plastic bottle I would think to use it again.
In the mid 1980's I had a battery going bad we had to jump the car to get it going. I removed the battery from the car, dumped the fluid into a big glass jar, took the battery outside and with a spray nozzle on the garden hose rinsed the battery about 20 times and shaking it too, all kinds of red flaky junk came out after that we filtered the original electrolyte before putting it back in the same battery and it worked just fine till we sold the car 3 years latter.
Chargers cooking the battery acid even at 1:00 a.m. but once that Epsom salt turns the acid it's more alkali sodium alkali it'll become an alkaline battery but I don't know how many times you can charge it before you have to replace it or how long does that chemistry actually last how many times can you recharge that battery before you have to buy a new one?
I've noticed on most lawn mowers it takes a little bit more cranking amps than what the battery puts out to really really turn it over. That was pretty impressive
I have a very large battery in my RV. I think it has internal damage. The batrery charger boiled out the water and exposed the cells.
Your process did save my two 6volt batteries . Thank You.
America needs more men like you to show independance and self Reliance.
To recap.
10 ounces baking soda and 1 gallon distilled water.
Flush battery twice.
12 oz of 100% epsion salt
To 1 gallon of water distilled. Fill cells. Then charge to 12 DC volts.
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Worked like a champ, saved me about $300 bucks
Your video was the best one! This will have my 1949 Shoebox Ford running again!
Thanks for showing us how to restore a battery,best and easiest to understand video I have seen yet, especially the exact amount of mixtures, Thank you.
I tried this on a car battery years and years ago, not for frugality, but as a desperate attempt. I flushed and rinsed till the water ran clear, and then filled the battery with clean distilled water.. And then I charged it till it bubbled like soda-water. Once again I rinsed out the battery, then refilled it with new, store bought electrolyte. And it worked. I am going to try it again, using what I have learned from you, thank you. A frugal thing, this time. Time before, it was I gotta have a battery to get to work, a battery that holds a charge, maybe I can refresh my battery. Good old days...no, it sucked. thanks again.
Excellent presentation of the procedure required to rejuvenate a car battery for do it yourselfers, listing amounts of solutions i.e. Baking soda to water for cleaning each cell.- Epson Salts [Bath Salts] to [only} Distilled water for electrolyte.- Charging cycles procedures and amounts required. - Last but not least a method and expiations as to why to apply a Load to discharge Battery. - Personnel safety. Doing it Outdoors. to avoid the lethal fumes that these procedures give off.
I ride a EW-36 Mobility Scooter, with 4 /12v batteries. You have taught me a lot about Reconditioning, maintaining my battery’s and saving my
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Greetings: ... And how did that work 4 U?
I did exactly same apart from Epsom salts, I saved original acid that I poured into a bucket, returned that acid after cleaning with soda and water, charged it as yourself and been used for caravan lighting for 3 years plus.. Great vid and a great help for folks ! Cheers
yes, I did that too but didn't know about the baking soda wash. At that time you could buy fresh sulfuric acid and replace with fresh but didn't do any good cause of the sulfation, this was 30 years ago before the battery rejuvenation trend!
You couldn't get the battery to power a vehicle, right? I'm stuck with one cell not bubbling, but when I jarred the battery around a little bit, the cell that didn't work changed to the one next to it. I'm running 40 A through the battery terminals with a stick welder. The bad cell doesn't bubble, and like I said, it changed based on rattling the battery around.
I paid attention. Got 7 small batteries to throw the dice with. Big sack of soda and Epsom salt. I appreciate you, your my kinda people. Clean your guns, may need them for long
After a year without starting, the problem is usually with the gas/carb. If it turns over at all the problem is NOT with the battery.....great video. Keep up the good work.
Was about to get batteries for my Honda Fit and Lawn Tractor. Now I can save a nice chunk of money. Thanks Randy for explaining expertl
Great series. By far the best videos on RUclips outlining this process.
Many thanks Rick! The better your batteries are when you start this, the better your outcome will be!
I did some of my Battles with the chemicals in the video, and saved a 15 year old deep cycle battery from the recycling center. Thank you Sir.
I have spent months researching into fixing a car battery and found a great website at Magic Mender Wizard (google it if you are interested)
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I appreciate that formula I know for a fact based on my riding mowers you barely get more than a year out of those small lawn mower battery and then it's kaput so the fact you were able to get that battery to even turn over and it being 7 years old I think you might have actually made a difference in my opinion I will use this formula thank you for your time
What "formula"?
Impressive bounce back for that battery - almost started the tractor on the first round of cranking, & easily would've, given a quick shot of ether down the carb. Very informative! I guarantee this is getting saved in my browser's bookmarks!
Only video of this subject that I trust. I didn't believe it but , I have a 95% percent chance of saving some batteries! Thank you Randy!
At 17:55 with meter in first hole and last hole... you are reading just 5 of the cells, not all 6... actually reading 1/2 of first cell and 4 cells between and 1/2 of last cell.... Lug to Lug you are reading all 6 cells. But yes!! I will be trying this Exactly the way you show it... It is the best instructions I have seen. Thumbs Up etc...
Trying this on riding mower tomorrow. Ur video is the best one. THANK YOU MY BROTHER. San Antonio Texas
Did it work?
This is a great how to. What I do is almost the same with 2 exceptions. I rinse the battery with distilled water to empty any loose particles and extra baking soda. I also use sulfuric acid instead of Epson salt. Epson salt does not have as much electrical potential as the original acid. I have take a battery ad used the Epson salt with a 350 cca result. I then replaced it with acid and recharged. the same battery held a 630 cca. That being said, I love your video. Keep up the great work.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Will be giving your method a shot on all the batteries we have in the shop for our off grid solar project. Those batteries have literally been sitting for at least 2 years. I'm also planning to purchase some battery acid such as this one:
www.amazon.com/WPS-Non-Sealed-Battery-Electrolyte-Pack/dp/B003CKJDW6#customerReviews
The purchased acid is to top off any batteries that are low and to boost the concentration of sulfur a bit.
dumb question but how do you dispose of the old acid electrolyte?
Han Solo so how well did that product work for you?
@@RagedContinuum l would neutralize it with baking soda and water until it stop sizzling then it should be safe to put into sewer for sure and maybe septic?
@@deanstuder1775 is there an issue with any lead that may be in the neutralized solution?
Good series.
What I do with the baking soda phase is to keep repeat that until you do not get bubbling any more.
You might want to leave the 2nd rince overnight.
Also when bumping the battery around, do it on a solid surface. Such as that piece of concrete paving behind you. the harder shock tends to break the crystals a bit easier.
You can also use the baking soda to clean the terminals if there are any crystallization there. Once fresh baking soda no longer bubbles, I rinse the battery twice with distilled water.
I've never tried Epsom salt though. I Usually just grab some free battery water from my local gas station. I think it is a 10% solution of sulfuric acid and distilled water.
That way you pretty much end up with an almost new battery.
Thanks so much Randy, I'm heading over the 5th Wheel to pull four batteries and get a going. I only have two chargers that will work in the "dumb" state. Two batteries going at a time is fine by me, we aren't going anywhere right now. They were five year batteries but I only got three years out of them, sitting there in the basement of the RV during the 100°+ summer days. Appreciate you for doing this! B.
Very cool! I used to do this on all of our RV batteries when we had an RV and saved me a ton of money over many years of camping, it works on deep cell batteries too! Thanks for stopping in!
Buddy Martin Harbor Freight sell battery maintainers cheap. They are nothing more than a 12 volt "wall wart" at below an amp. It will take longer to charge but you may have better luck at this low amperage to bring back a dead battery. Check the information on the package but most of them do not have battery monitoring, in other words they are dumb chargers. Look around your house, you may already have a 12 or 13 volt DC wall wart at an amp or less your not using. Snip off the barrel jack and solder on some alligator clips and you just made a trickle charger.
So happy to see this. I was told about the soda thing 15yrs ago so I cleaned it with soda and although I only put the old acid back the battery worked. .but everyone I told thought I was crazy..but it worked so I did not argue as it was their loss.
I bought a battery for my RV last year for 285 dollars 1 year later it's dead, but but not door nail dead,I'm gonna give this a try and start up my RV I'll get back to you Randy and let you know how it goes. It's one of those hundred pounders,thanks
waiting for your update with interest.
Any update yet?
Well did it work?
Maybe he passed away.
Pull the caps and put 200 amps to it for five minutes then let it rest for an hour . He dicked around three days on that battery
Great series of videos and very descriptive. You explained everything very well and in laymans's terms unlike many of the other RUclips videos out there. Thanks very much for sharing and best of luck for the future Randy.............................peace bro!
Good job, brother. Definitely going to try this out starting this weekend. I feel more confident in doing this after watching your tutorials on the process. I've watched several others before but didn't really feel that confident because of lack of info. Well explained and detailed by you and I appreciate that. Enjoy your weekend, my friend, and we'll catch you on the next one. Cheers!!!
Many thanks brother and good luck with this! Yeah the mixture here will work no matter the size of the battery, I still haven't seen any other videos that explains much in depth the mixing ratio of both the baking soda and Epsom salt with water. Thanks again for tuning in and Happy Easter!
Happy Easter to you and yours as well, brother.
Me too....
Many thanks for the comprehensive video! As you stated, others simply fail to give the full information. We are under extreme financial restrictions right now and this may just save me a bundle!
Great video series bud! Just like to add if I may that typically this epsom salt procedure is to clean/rejuvenate the battery, not ultimately a replacement for battery acid. Once you've got the battery in improved shape (de-sulfated), as you have done wonderfully, you'll want to dump the epsom salt mixture out and replace with normal fresh battery acid once again (about $8/quart at any auto parts store).
At that point you'll have completed the restoration and the battery will be operating at its maximum refurbished capacity and cranking amps.
That said, experimentation is fun. If the epsom salt solution is meeting one's needs, no harm keeping the epsom salt solution. After all, the battery was "dead" and most people would've just thrown it out! Either way you're stretching your dollar, which is the entire point anyway! :)
That was well said.
you are correct, putting acid back into the battery would make it last longer as you said, but I'm getting anywhere from 3 to 4 years on the epsom salt then I just do it all again. thanks for watching and commenting!
@@RandySchartiger Awesome brother!
@@RandySchartiger As I said in previous video, you are mixing metals -- lead and magnesium. Those bubbles are oxygen bubbles leaving the H2O (water), and leaving Hydrogen ions running around -- thereby creating the sulfuric acid. So it's a sulfuric acid solution the way you're doing it -- which is the same kind of acid you dumped out in the dirty (contaminated with Lead Sulfate) solution. The issue comes with the Magnesium. That magnesium from the Epsom Salt (Magnesium Sulfate) will wind up electroplating the lead plates inside. Both metals conduct electricity. So it clearly will work. And it will fill some of the pitting on the lead plates with Magnesium metal. However, the voltage comes from a differential between metals. You may simply wind up with a battery with lead plates electroplated with magnesium metal that doesn't have the same voltage capacity as it should have.
If you were to simply dump out the old electrolyte with the lead sulfate junk in it, and merely add more sulfuric acid of the appropriate concentration...the more you do this, the thinner and thinner those lead plates would get inside. By adding magnesium sulfate, you're helping reduce the amount of the lead plate thinning/pitting. My main concern would be how well the electroplated magnesium 'sticks' to the lead plates. If it doesn't stick well because of chemical properties, the vibration from lawn mowing could cause some of those magnesium deposits to fall to the bottom of the battery as pure magnesium metal powder -- which could wind up shorting out the cells inside. This can happen with the lead solution as well, though -- as the lead sulfate falls off the plates too. And when you re-charge the battery, that lead sulfate turns into just lead metal powder with the sulfur going into solution as Sulfuric Acid. Lead metal powder shorts out plates just as much as magnesium metal powder does. So it's very important to flush that battery out at that initial baking soda step as best you can to remove all the lead and/or magnesium metal particles that have detached from the plates.
@@shanejohns7901 True. Understand that the average idiot does not understand what U typed. Those of us that do and know chemistry already know the uses of such byproducts. :)
I had no idea you could read the individual cell voltage, thank you.
yep can do :) thank you for watching!
That was very nice series to watch unlike the other videos that give u no measurements what so ever or just say my solution and don't tell u what it is .I am going to try this today and in 3 to 5 days I will say if it worked for me. Thank you for videos.
Randy everything sounded good up to the minute you measured 10 volt AC reading on your meter which you pointed to was AC reading. AC (alternating Current) and everyone knows battery is DC (direct current).
I take it you do not use an analogue meter? Admittedly Randy does not show the position of the range selector switch, but this determines the magnitude of the deflection of the needle, and also what type of measurement you want to take IE AC voltage, DC voltage, Amps or Ohms. You can then read it on ANY printed scale on the dial you like, as long as you remember full deflection represents the range magnitude as per your choice on the range selector switch. Everybody moaning about this, just because Randy has to use the red printed scale which happens to have 'AC' printed next to it. He still gets the right reading, assuming he has it set to 'DC voltage' & '30 Volt range'. In fact on his meter he has no choice but to use the 30 volt range, the DC range printed above is designed for the 10v DC range only, and if he he had selected this 10v range on the range selector switch, there was every chance needle would max out on a 12v battery. Micronta on later designs of this meter improved the printed scale. I have the 1980's version (Micronta 22-204C) which has 0.25v, 2.5v, 10v, 50v, 250v & 1000v DC Ranges and a better printed scale. However the printed scale still does not show all 43 ranges I can choose with the range selector switch, so on some ranges you have to use your head and multiply or divide the reading shown on the printed scales. Lucky Randy was not using a Micronta meter like mine, it also has a 'Range Doubler' switch which would have really confused viewers!
the dc scale on this meter only goes up to ten, the bottom scale (the one I used) can read from zero up to 220 volts and it works on both ac or dc. thanks for checking out my videos.
For an inverter to even work under 10.5 volts is pretty rare. Good video.
Man your a legend never thought I'd see it but I did with my own eyes may the good lord keep smiling down on you and your family cheers little brother Dashman
You give me valuable information about the restoration of battery.thanks for that
Hey, great job...btw, I noticed your Micronta multi meter, I have exact same modei that I bought over 40 years ago, in the uk, our equivalent to radio shack, we had maplin electronics . My meter still works after all these years. Great job on the battery. All the best from bonnie Scotland.
One of my meters is exactly the same as well from about the same time period. Still works well. That little mirrored strip is great for eliminating parallax issues when reading where exactly the needle is. Great design feature.
Thanks for the advice and Videos I'm going to try this also nice bracelet paracord I see you have the survival intrest in mind I can really appreciate people like you who are straight up and doing society a real service thanks Man the world needs more people like you
Haven’t really been looking, but I have several commercial truck batteries that could be restored. I’m going to give this a try. I want to use the batteries for an inverter system for my truck, so I’ll have a/c power without running a generator. If this works for me(I don’t doubt you, I doubt me), it will save me several hundred dollars which I don’t really have to spend.
Killer video! Best I've seen on this topic so far. Subscribing now.
Great series of videos. Really covered the topic in depth and tested at the end. Thank you so much.
I forgot about this and glad you made the video, I have a deep cycle and high amp mower battery I am cleaning out today, I hope I have good results, batteries cost more than ever.
Here's what I did back in the late 1970s and early 1980s with my car battery.. I just dumped the acid out into a pastic tub as you did.. then I got a garden hose filled battery, shook it dumped it about 2 -3 times until water was clear.. Put the old acid back in plus a little fresh acid, charged and had a working battery again..
I did this process on a dead 6 volt car battery out of my 1931 Austin Seven and it worked beautifully. In anticipation of it not working I had already bought a new battery - now I have a spare which, in vintage car motoring, is no bad thing.
I was using a very similar procedure on my motorcycle batteries back in early 70s. Worked like a charm.
I've tried a couple times to resurrect old batteries, with no luck , but after watching your video , I an going to do another one .
Did you try it and if so did it work?
Tanks to you all,i have learned a lot with you Mr Murray,keep upp the good job!
Hi Randy,
Left lot of comments on episode 2. Thought I would just finish up here. I have a working battery, thanks to your instructions! These are my observations, evaluations and concerns......
The process works !!
I needed to adjust the concentration of the electrolyte to 15 oz of magnesium sulfate per gallon of water. 12 oz seemed to be too week for me and wasn't providing enough ions to transfer electrons from one plate to the other fast enough to keep the battery charged. So, after several starts the battery no longer had enough voltage and cranking amps to turn the engine over. Increasing the concentration, ultimately seemed to solve my problem!
I did two baking soda soaks with 4 or 5 rinses between them. After I did the second baking soda soak, I flushed the battery out with water another 10 times to get all of the sediment out of the battery.
Concerns: The process produces about 10 gallons of highly toxic, leaded waste that needs to be taken to a toxic waste facility!
ALWAYS COLLECT AND POUR BATTERY EFFLUENT INTO A BUCKET. DO NOT DUMP IT INTO THE EARTH!
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A TOXIC WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY CLOSE BY, DO NOT DO THIS PROCESS!
I will report back in 6 months with a battery update. Thanks Again!
Thanks mate for the extra info, keep me informed please.
Thank you so much for the fantastic information. Just restored my boat battery. Amazing.... Derrick Hodgson New Zealand
Thanks a lot. I understand pretty much everything. Neutralize the old battery acid. Clean the scale off the battery. Put in new hydrocloric acid ( Epsom salts and water ). Slowly charge battery to 14 amps, if possible, and give her a go.
Greetings: How do U get 14A? If a battery that small draws 14A there is a big problem.
Ok I know I don’t want to revive a battery, tooooo muuuuuchhh time involved, but thanks that was the most info I’ve seen on any battery reviving.
yes if you need to use vehicle every day or so even if it works you are screwed...not much labor but the charging can take days...
I've seen a video performed 3 different kind of procedures on how to restore a dead battery. After all the hard works however, unfortunately the result was a failure. The guy has lots of frustrations, because he ended up buying a new battery for his mini tractor. The voltage of the battery was right on the money, but the cranking amps was absolutely missing which is the most important factor to start his mini tractor.
Thanks for a great video! You may want to unplug/disconnect your headlights. All generated electricity goes to the old battery. I could see your headlights on in the video. Good job!
No, that motor has a alternator under the flywheel, with 36v A.C. leads to head lights... and Some D.C. leads to the Battery .... from different coils, not affecting the 12V charging of the battery.
Thanks Bro!
Trying two full size batteries to start. Looking forward to proving that this will work!
God Bless!
Very good simple instructions == now I know why my smart charger is not so smart !!!
Just a tip pertaining to having problems with a tractor not wanting to start, sometimes the engine can have an issue of having a good ground to the body of the tractor, I have ran a jumper wire from the battery directly to a bolt on the engine and had good results.
Was about to buy a battery yesterday. Mine is only 3 years old.Have to jump it to get it going, (Even after it's been charging ) it just doesn't have the cranking amps anymore. Going to try this ,after all, I have nothing to lose. Thanks
I'm not sure if you put the old battery acid back in the battery or just the Epson salt and distilled water?
Appriciate what you have given my friend.
My Grandfather taught me to always set a battery on a wooden plank as you have done in your video. Now the experts are telling me that batteries have come along way in making plastic cases for batteries that we don't have to do that anymore
Both true.
Randy can make it work with simple chemistry. Where do you buy sulfuric acid?
Great down to earth video from inner of this very detail oriented people. Thank you for the info
when you run a desulfator... are you supposed to be doing the trickle charge at the same time the desulfator is on? Or do you have to separate the process? I was wondering if you'd get better and faster results with the trickle charger on with the desulfator?
Thanks.
Thx, that was a very informative demonstration, I'm gonna see if I can find some decent old batteries at a scrap yard to see if I can get a reliable bigger battery bank on my solar system.
How is it working for you on doing this reconditioning of the batteries?
Not yet got ahold of some, will get to it soon.
Super handy info, thankyou.🙏
How or where to dispose of the dirty battery fluid though ?
I was wondering the same thing.. I guess you can take the acid + lead sulphate to the chemical recycling mob when they recycle old batteries.. hopefully they don't send it down to the sewerage works!!
Thank you for sharing, I enjoyed your commentary on restoring a 7yr old battery
Do you recommend a welding plant to charge the battery thanks good job
Is the Epson salt and distilled water solution replaces the battery acid?
Can I use a trickle charger to regenerate the battery once I do the baking soda shake and epson salt transfusion?
As well should I hose the battery out once I’m complete cleaning it out with baking soda?
Thank you!
Hey Thanks,
I am about to try this.
Yours is the best vid, I have found.
Now I have a clue about the solutions.
A saws all has been handy puddling concrete. With out a blade press one on forms and watch it work.
Me thinks this could help knock off that nasty residue.
I wonder what would happen if a charge where applied with the baking soda in there.
I have caught a few of your guitar vids.
Always fun. Be safe Chris
it was 12v instead of 11.8 beacuse the meter is not calibrated, unhooked it showed -0.2v ... cheers and thanks for the demo !
It was 3.8 volts if you look at the correct scale (The DC voltage scale)
@@stevenplank7058 No, in this type of meters you read both AC & DC on same scale, depending on the AC/DC switch position. He has this clear explanation on the 2/3 video :)
Ok have u put the batt toa direct short to see if it would stabilize that cell ?
This video is slow and they're longer than they need to be but it's probably the best ones for reconditioninga battery. Instructions are concise.
I was told by my grandfather to always put the battery caps on before charging so if you do create a spark, it won't ignite the hydrogen gasses coming out of the battery It will contain the gasses enough to be much safer
Most makes sense, however was confused how you charged the battery using Epsom Salts. Never saw how you added fresh ACID & Distilled Water, and what ratio was used?
great videos mate and very well explained without leaving anything out.thanks for sharing.keep it up buddy.
Excellent videos my friend! Thank you for posting.
How did you get rid of the old battery acid that contains lead?
I'm confused, when you tested at just under 24 hr? Why are you looking at ac and not dc ribbon on tester?
Fantastic DETAILS! THANKS FOR DOING THIS.!
We all know about the still around back behind the barn lol!
Waiting for Daisy Duke and Waylon's hands to join in!
Seriousley, your "how to" series on batteries is far and above the dozens of others i've seen.
I'm just trying to rejuvenate 2 batteries for a friend's mobility scooter.
Those scooters usually are not lead acid batteries. If it works on a GM batteries l would be surprised. Would love to hear it did.
Dang smart phone got me . l said AGM batteries
Thank you Sir for sharing and demonstrating this method.
It means less garbage into landfills, and more money in my pocket.
Regards from S Africa
Clive
P. S. Subbed
You got the battery rejuvenated enough to start the mower. That is a feat as it is but it sounds like if the one cell wasn't dead it has the potential to work almost like new. Looks like Q-ball was enjoying the warmer weather and sunshine while it lasted :D
Sometimes unless it's a dead short a cell like this can be revived, even if it is a dead short sometimes the baking soda will finally loosen the sulfate crystals enough to fall off and eliminate the shorted cell, I might work on that one cell a bit more. Thanks for having a look.
I noticed that your Micronta Multitester was not zeroed in. It is about one volt on the negative side. You can zero it before use by using a small flat head screwdriver and turning the small screw on the face of the tester. No need to turn it on or connect it to anything. Just turn clockwise or counter until the needle is dead on zero. Cheers.
You can indeed create sulfuric acid out of epsom salt through an electrolysis, however, you should be doing it in a separate process so you can get rid of the magnesium hydroxide leftovers. Then mix a correct ammount of 35/65 acid/water into the battery.
christopher békési Sounds interesting. Is it a complicated process, or does the magnesium hydroxide become a vapour that can be off-gassed?
Hey Randy, I just seen your video, you mentioned reading the red number scale on the Micronter volt meter, but that's the AC scale.
You have to read the black scale above the red, that's the DC scale, and the number 3 on the extreme right on the black DC scale represents 30 volts DC. I couldn't see if you selected the +DC with the red switch.
All in all good video, I'll try this battery fix one day.
Not sure if this were asked or if you covered it but how did you dispose of the old battery acid?
Here in the UK, since Nov 2018 we can no longer buy battery acid, neither off-the-shelf or on-line, unless we hold an EPP Licence costing £39.50 (pretty rigorous application process and licence only last 3 years). Also we can no longer legally take the acid out of a battery, without this licence! So Epsom Salts as a replacement for acid is the only practical way we can go (for all those querying Randy on "Why use Epsom, why not use Acid?"). So if in the UK, do not admit to draining any battery of its acid without holding an EPP Licence!! Leading on to your question : - If you have removed, the safest & cheap way to neutralize its acidity would be to throw in 6 oz of Baking soda (Bicarbonate of Soda) into the waste acid - Randy does not mention this. Probably 6 oz is a bit of an overkill considering most car batteries only hold about 1/2 gallon of electrolyte and it likely to have lost some of its potency in a sulphated battery anyhow, but better going slightly more alkaline than leaving the waste fluid on acidic side. Although this will render the acidity much less harmful, you must remember there will be a fair concentration of heavy metals (namely lead) in the original acid, and to certain extent, in the Baking Soda and water mix used as cleaning / flushing solution. This lead is what gives the electrolyte its black colour. Certainly it would be irresponsible to dump this in a rainwater / sewer drain without further cleaning. I would check your local waste disposal site for their guidelines, no point wasting more baking soda if they happy to accept the acid as it is, but if neutralized fluid is cheaper cost to dispose of, then throw in 6oz of baking soda.
👍 Randy! My battery resurrection journey has begun!
best of luck Darin! it works if the cells are not damaged.
@@RandySchartiger Hello Randy,
I was successful with my battery resurrection with only one exception. The temperature reached a low of @ 0 degrees Fahrenheit in February. My battery did freeze and showed @ 4 volts when frozen. When it thawed out volts were @ 12.1 and it started the truck like it should. 👍👍
Much obliged for this excellent presentation , Thanks,
Hope to see your future programs,
By the way loved your little dog too,
Asress Araia
Great job professor, thanks for sharing all the knowledge that I need to save a buck. Can't wait to try it out.
I just did this deal to a T, and I just put it on the charger. My charger has a “slow charge” (or so it say) at 12V-10amps on a huge Interstate Battery for my Ford F-450 Dually. I’ll check back in with you tomorrow and if needed. In 48hrs.
Well?
I am going to get started on my car battery using this information. If it doesn't work, follow up comments won't be forgotten to post. If it does work...I might start grinnin' and forgettin'.
The Scale you are Referring to,using is an AC Scale,NOT DC..... Not believing i did not catch that ,first time i watched this video...
Anyways,love ur videos,still the best ones on this topic,ON RUclips!
Oh well,that model meter may use it diff.Seems to be reading right anyways.So,IGNORE my comment...LOL !
When attaching leads to a battery, FIRST connect the positive then the negative. When removing attached leads, FIRST remove the negative and then the positive. To prevent arcing.
The hot (dangerous) connection is the black (negative) terminal when batteries are concerned. For home electrical wiring it is the opposite.
Greetings: That should really get the idiots foncused.
Hey Randy, good stuff. I'll be trying this later this year on a couple of old batteries. Just an FYI on your multi-meter you're using at approx 1:45. After you get the meter in the position you're going to read it at (laying down, standing up, or partially propped up) and before you hook it up, adjust the needle to zero with the little plastic screw on the face of the meter. You'll be reading a more accurate measurement that way. Thanks again.
Greetings: U 4got about the mirror avoiding parallax errors. Just a thought.
Yes, GREAT JOB Man...! Enjoyed watching this little series. And Thanx for the specific info for mixing solutions.... BUT....... can you do a small series of experiments (maybe) to show the difference(s) now, between the original (acid based) electrolyte and the new Epsom-Salt electrolyte?
I don't mean anything super scientific........... I mean,
IF you can... just show what a "New" battery (with acid) will do. And compare it with the Epsom-Salt battery.
Performance tests...... that'd be interesting to see too. put the same load on both batteries and demonstrate the difference with the "New" / "Rebuilt" Epsom Salt battery.
That would be awesome. Why dont you do it ?
Time stamp 7:14........You bet we can hear that battery sizzling.........it sounds like you're frying up some bacon....lol. GOOD JOB & THANKS RANDY!!! This should save folks ( myself included ) $$$ on not having to replace batteries near as often.
Question why not reuse the old acid? If it sits over night all the dirt in it settles to the bottom of the plastic container you dumped it in and if you just use a funnel and a paint strainer you can put most of it back in a gallon plastic bottle I would think to use it again.
In the mid 1980's I had a battery going bad we had to jump the car to get it going. I removed the battery from the car, dumped the fluid into a big glass jar, took the battery outside and with a spray nozzle on the garden hose rinsed the battery about 20 times and shaking it too, all kinds of red flaky junk came out after that we filtered the original electrolyte before putting it back in the same battery and it worked just fine till we sold the car 3 years latter.
In the 80s i saw a UFO in Humptulips, WA, right on main street
Hay thanks for that man, an good luck from Ireland
Thanks and 20:46 gave me a smile. I'm always doing stuff like that 🤣👍🏻
Chargers cooking the battery acid even at 1:00 a.m. but once that Epsom salt turns the acid it's more alkali sodium alkali it'll become an alkaline battery but I don't know how many times you can charge it before you have to replace it or how long does that chemistry actually last how many times can you recharge that battery before you have to buy a new one?