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Old 04-21-2008, 04:23 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Any battery specilists out there? (electro chemists)
I saw an interesting post on another forum about turning a Lead battery into an Alkaline battery with possibly better results for charge and life.

http://www.boervolk.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6977

does anyone here have personal experience with home brew batteries?


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does anyone here have personal experience with home brew batteries?
Yes, but it ended with an explosion!
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in that case i'll leave it alone so that i don't end up like this:



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