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Lead Acid Battery Desulphator circuit

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:53 pm
by Spudmn
Can anyone recommend a Lead Acid Battery Desulphator circuit.

I don’t want anything fancy, just something I can knock up with parts I have lying around.

Re: Lead Acid Battery Desulphator circuit

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:42 pm
by Spudmn
I think I have found what I am look for here http://home.comcast.net/~ddenhardt20126 ... wpower.htm

But I will interested in hearing from anyone has used one.

Re: Lead Acid Battery Desulphator circuit

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:06 pm
by Fred
I've been meaning to build one for years, let me know how you get on! :-)

Re: Lead Acid Battery Desulphator circuit

Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:15 pm
by longracing
I did get one of the Jaycar / Silicon_Chip kits a while back but wasn't that impressed with it.

I had better results using an ARC welder to zap a NICAD pack in a cordless drill. That didn't cost anything and worked brilliantly.

Save your money and put it towards a gell-cell lead acid battery, like the Optima batteries, or the new lithium batteries, like this http://www.evworks.com.au/index.php?pro ... -LP12V60AH . Make sure it is the Lithium Ferous Polymer (LiFePO), which don't burst into flames when abused and can be dropped straight in to replace a lead-acid provided you don't charge over the set voltage and don't let the voltage discharge below 3V per cell.
Then again doing that to a lead-acid battery will also cause damage, just not as bad.