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Originally Posted by jamminjimmy
Sorry for the long post.....
UNLESS the battery is physically damaged(shorted(dead)cell, leaking, etc....) the major cause of weakening power in these batteries is Sulfation.
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"WHAT IS SULFATION?:
When a battery discharges, lead in the plates combines with sulfuric acid to form lead sulfate crystals. The crystals are like insulators. The more you discharge a battery, the less capacity it has as the crystals begin to cover the plates and deprive plate area contact with the electrolyte."
So basically, the lead sulfate crystals "grow" onto the plates and act as insulators, increasingly growing and increasing restricting your
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Yes all this is true, something you haven't mentioned is that the crystals can grow so large that they break the separators in the battery causing them to short out once you get them desulphated.
So although most batteries stop working because of sulphation, they may not work after being desulphated either, though I do have a set of my antique trojans on a desulphator right now, will see if they come back enough to drive 2.9 miles into work and 2.9more back.
And EDTA works well, especially with pulsing. best though to dump your acid before adding EDTA or the acid will become weak.
Cheers
Ryan