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?

Yes, but it ended with an explosion! :eek:

in that case i'll leave it alone so that i don't end up like this:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ed_chicken.jpg