Lead acid battery desulfator

I’m by far an electronics expert. I bought a desulfator a few years ago expecting to have blown $12 on something that sounded too good to be true. I’ve not had to buy a battery since no matter how badly I neglect my batteries. I’ve got a 12 year and battery that literally sat dead in a field that I’m using. This is the video that convinced me to give it a shot after I killed my out of warranty $150 truck battery, I bought the cheapest charger/desulfator I could find on eBay at the time. https://youtu.be/2YUK_wa6SJg

I’ve probably not been as careful as I should when I use the desulfator, I should probably be treating it the way I would charging lipo batteries.

This is probably something we shouldn’t have at the space but I’m curious if anyone else uses one or has an opinion on them.

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They certainly have their uses. and we have a purple truck out back that would be an excellent test bed / class project for battery tests. It has 144 volts of 6v batteries in it that are at least 10 years old.

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Several years ago I wanted to experiment with a desulphator and build one myself. I had a number of lead acid batteries which were for all intents and purposes dead and I wanted to see if I could resurrect them.
I bought most of the parts for the schematic below, but never built it.
desulphator.pdf (1.3 MB)

Life got in the way I guess and I moved on to other interests. I ultimately recycled the batteries, too.

Sounds like it’s got merits!

I’ve got one that is supposed to work with 6-12v, it did work at 12v. It’s a desulfator only so it doesn’t charge.

I’ve got a number of 12V 7AH batteries that have been sitting idle for varying periods (for various reasons I’ve accumulated quite a few small UPSs over the years at no cost), curious if those are candidates for this process.

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I’d be happy to take any 12v batteries people might be tired of hanging onto.

I’ve got {embarassing_qty} of SLAs I’ve been meaning to recycle and a smaller quantity of those that I’d like to revive and use again. Think I’ve also got a car battery that I never dropped off for the deposit.

Erik,

O’Reilly will buy back 12v automotive bateries in return for $10 (via their gift card)