Weird gadget thingy.

[SidewaysFeltham]

Originally Posted by Angus Theape

Re Batt Aid, which I have used and occasionally got to work for a period. iIhave a friend who has just treated his 5 year old Yuasa motor cylcle battery with Epsom salts and it has started working, as in he has been using it as a building weight for 5 years. Only low current use so far, but it runs all the lights from the first try.

It never worked for me!

Mrs Sideway's Volvo estate has just enjoyed a battery change after ten years!

It was a Varta Platinum: still working, but not any capacity, indicated by me foolishly leaving the sidelights on (without realising) and in a couple of hours dead battery.

New Varta now fitted!

However, I am presently investigating proper pulse charging which is claimed to de-sulphate and restore old batteries, particularly if they have a deadish cell, caused of course, by deposition of the plate paste dropping to the bottom of the cell.

Much on this on US sites:

http://www.importtuner.com/tech/impp..._fact_fiction/

http://leadacidbatterydesulfation.yuku.com/

http://home.comcast.net/~ddenhardt20...tor/desulf.htm