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| clint hunter (Truthhunter)
Registered Member Username: Truthhunter Post Number: 567 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 24.129.234.224  Rating: |
a update on the INFINITUM battery desulfator testing conducted this summer (post archived at) http://www.busnut.com/bbs/messages/11/30223.html?1252329261 25 batterys of different types, capcities and condition were conditioned or maintained with the INFINITUM test desulfator; 20 start, old and some wornout as well as fresh but shelf aged, 4 fresh but shelf aged deep cycle and 1 marine dual purpose. - battery capatcity was rigourously tested by a MAC TOOLS digital battery tester model BT8300 ( which is not a good indicator for deep cycle battery testing appliactions but accurate with start batterys in at a state of maxium recharge) ~no measureable amount of capacity restoration in any of the test batterys was apparent; although there is visual evidence of desulfation which MAY have some benifit extended capacity "satus qou" for properly used or propley stored flooded lead acid batterys of all three types. {does this translate into anything achieve with conclusive results beyound cleaning the lead sulpates from the plate surface, EYE-DOUGH-KNOT-NOs] =I will seek a more conclusive test method and get back update in the future...( I did mention my findings to the manufacture in Myalasia , but it has yet to sugest alternative method of testing to prove the worth of just cleaning the plates or comment further ) Went to the trouble to buy 5 of them, at about $50 each delivered into my hands, so I might as well spend some more time testing, IF ONLY for entertainment for my 250 bucks , should all they become is more crap-teck that only serves make believe purposes. The quality of the modulated pulse wave generator is as advertised, so there is no doubt about that part of the product claim. >having giving less than "hoped for" results , I have yet to do the more involved product research concerning the cleaness and RF interference or possilbe filtering remedy to protect sensitive electronics. ~at this point in the verification I shall not be purchasing a pallet load of this brand of desulphator & trying to flog them to my bus nuts buds , perhaps after much more involved testing~ | ||
| R.C.Bishop (Chuckllb)
Registered Member Username: Chuckllb Post Number: 1054 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 75.209.127.255 Rating: N/A |
HUH?????  Clint,....might consider staying off the sauce....or change brands... I'm still prayin' for you!! RCB | ||
| Bill Holstein (Billmoocow)
Registered Member Username: Billmoocow Post Number: 51 Registered: 5-2009 Posted From: 98.232.207.25  Rating: |
LOL | ||
| clint hunter (Truthhunter)
Registered Member Username: Truthhunter Post Number: 570 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 24.129.234.224 Rating: N/A |
...what , you mean there is suace , I am still waiting for the gravy...are you sure about these things, or did someone just tell you they were real chucky ? ~p.s. better less prayin' for me ,(as I ain't no prey for no-ones ones make-believe), you're only diverting effort better spent busing & restoring or preserving them buses for a extended life, as there is no bus after-life chuck, not for them or even their believeing passangers, just focused on what good examples you are setting in this life, as those shall live on. Think deeds not words my friend , it's all in the example as history has always shown . | ||
| Gus Causbie (Gusc)
Registered Member Username: Gusc Post Number: 1056 Registered: 11-2005 Posted From: 206.40.238.151  Rating: |
I'm with you Clint!! Do it while you still can. | ||
| joe padberg (Joemc7ab)
Registered Member Username: Joemc7ab Post Number: 380 Registered: 6-2004 Posted From: 66.38.159.33 Rating: N/A |
clint Tom in Alaska has played with these things for quite a while, and he apparently has never thrown out a battery yet, in fact he must carrying all of them in the belly of his bus according to the post a little above here. So perhaps he might shed some light on this mysterious regenerating business and tell us what he has learned. Joe. | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 1817 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.71.157  Rating: N/A |
I bought one of these on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/XTREME-PULSE-TECH-BATTERY-CHARGER-MAINTAINER_W0QQcmdZViewIt emQQhashZitem1c0eac507dQQitemZ120505258109QQptZMotorcyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories It says motorcycle on it, however it is the same as their regular one for cars. | ||
| Tom Caffrey (Pvcces)
Registered Member Username: Pvcces Post Number: 1315 Registered: 5-2001 Posted From: 65.74.67.140 Rating: N/A |
Clint, while we have had very good luck keeping old batteries alive with desulfaters, we do lose an occasional battery due to a shorted cell. Once a cell shorts, we have never been able to recover the battery. For what it's worth. Tom Caffrey PD4106-2576 Suncatcher Ketchikan, Alaska | ||
| Jim Wallin (Powderseeker01)
Registered Member Username: Powderseeker01 Post Number: 60 Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 208.68.48.77  Rating: N/A |
I have seen shorted batteries fulshed with fresh electrolite which is poured out and replaced again that would recover for a period of time (which can be variable), but if they are too far gone they will usually drop a cell pretty quickly after this exercise. | ||
| Buswarrior (Buswarrior)
Registered Member Username: Buswarrior Post Number: 1769 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 76.68.121.10  Rating: |
Thank you for the report, Clint. I was just wondering about your testing the other day, and here you are! Post made sense to me, but then, perhaps my fuel source is similar... I will await further reports. happy coaching! buswarrior | ||
| Alex (Doctor_al)
Registered Member Username: Doctor_al Post Number: 13 Registered: 8-2006 Posted From: 75.121.201.56 Rating: N/A |
A junkyard guy I knew used to take all junk batt's he recieved, drain and replace the acid, then drop an asprin in each cell, then re-charge them.(I swear it's true) he said he ended up saving about 2/3's of them. claimed the asprin ate away the crud on the plates or something to that affect. | ||
| doug yes (Dougg)
Registered Member Username: Dougg Post Number: 115 Registered: 1-2007 Posted From: 118.173.71.157 Rating: N/A |
We bought a battery from a battery rebuilder once. He cut open old batteries with a heat knife, cleaned and repaired the plates and melted the top back on and sold them. It was a stinky, dangerous looking operation, but it saved a lot of lead from the landfills. |
