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Ken Weitzel

Sam Goldwasser wrote:
(Ken G.) writes:

I am looking into getting one of these to try to save several batterys
that are new but were stored to long without a charge such as the ``jump
start`` devices used to start cars and of coarse other used batterys .

I have been searching on the net for one that simply plugs into 120
volts for use inside . Most of them i see hook to 12 volts and stay in a
vehicle . Some 120 volt ones cost 500$ . I am looking for one around
100$ .

What can anyone say about these .

But do these really work?

I can only recall 1 or 2 replies with actual success stories, and at least 1 of
those could have been a situation where the battery was caught just in time
so that there was minimal sulfation.

If I have a battery that's been sitting around discharged for a year, will
anything help?

Comments?

Hi...

I have no idea whether or not what I experienced was "sulphate" or not;
but for what little it may be worth...

Left a garden tractor with a snow blower attached and an almost new
battery installed sit for two or three years untouched.

When I finally got back to it it was dead, not a click.

Found one of the battery posts (pos, I think) evenly and completely
covered in a flat black "something". Looked like it had been painted.

One of those round battery post wire brushes wouldn't even scratch it.

Using a course file and tons of elbow grease removed it. Then a long
charge at 10 amps or so gave me a few starts - but for practical
purposes the battery was garbage.

IF that black stuff was indeed sulphate, I can't see anything touching
it.

Take care.

Ken