I recently ordered a $37 battery desulfator kit. It looks like a pretty simple device that sends pulses to lead acid batteries to help clean the battery plates. There are many success stories on the net about resuscitating essentially "dead" lead acid batteries. Since we have two electric vehicles and live off grid we have a lot of motivation to take care of our batteries. I've seen kits that sell for hundreds of dollars, but this 555 based kit seems to kick out a lot more juice than the fancy ones with wimpy solar panels.
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You might find this site of some interest too. It collects quite a bit of information about the desulfating process and difference approaches.
So, Did it work?
Not yet. I've tried three batteries so far. All three batteries had one totally dead cell and five remaining cells that were fine. I was not able to repair the dead cell. I am going to try and find more dead batteries this month that have sulfated, but still have all their cells passing a specific gravity test and measurable voltage on each cell.
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