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Originally Posted by vpoppv
The first conversion I did I rinsed the daylights out of the battery before adding the alum. Since then, I have read that doing so reduces the performance of the battery. The theory is that the lead sulfate is what is needed for the alum to work properly; so the more "sludge" left, the better the alum battery will work. That's why with this one, I just did a quick rinse and removed as little of the sludge as I could.
As an update: I discharged it for a while with a bilge blower until it was at 8v or so. Then, I put it on the charger. It charged for under an hour. I allowed the charge to burn off or whatever it's called (surface charge??), and it is showing 12.36v. I'm anxious to see the reading after tomorrow's commute!! 
Keep your fingers crossed! |
Cool! I read somewhere also that you should not completely rinse out batteries when refurb'ing them, but I wasn't sure if the Alum would react with it negatively.
I have drained electrolyte and boiled it off to get the sulfuric, though... My Father was apparently told at some point that you can't replace the electrolyte in a battery...
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