Battery Desulfators

Battery & Chargers
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Has anyone used battery desulfators on his or her batteries?

Would they keep EV batteries running better for longer (as I’ve seen they get about 50-100% longer life) or would this hinder the charge/discharge rates?

Also, is there one that does a larger quantity of batteries (ie 10-12), and are multiple ones rather than one large one be beneficial?

Any and all information about desulfators would be great, thanks!

Noisome

Sites:
Desulfator Survery
Building a desulfator
Kits and stuff for desulfators

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Ive heard of people using Aspirin!

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@ddoyel: Well, I don’t see how that was very useful.

Anyway, according to some of the sites I listed it seems to be a very good choice to buy/build a few and use them.

According to David Butcher they helped keep his battery pack high in voltage and get and maintain their charge faster and better.

Anyone with experience?

Noisome

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I wasnt trying to be a jerk! http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15948&highlight=aspirin

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Sorry if it sounded like I didn’t appreciate it, but it was not what I was looking for. Some people say it works and others don’t. I would think alka-seltzer, or even ibuprofen, would be more effective than aspirin.

From that forum’s thread:

I guess that it is like the snake oil cures they sell…it is not helping or hurting the battery, I am testing them in.

– Coley

The electric resonant battery desulfators or pulsating chargers seem to work more effectively and work on more types of batteries (ie Sealed), but I am asking for more personal experience with them before I ruin my batteries.

Noisome

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Battery desulfators will desulfate batteries. Weather you have a sulfation problem or not is another question. Sulfation occurs when lead acid battery voltage is below fully charged basically.

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Do Gel Cell batterys get sulfation on their plates,like wet cells do?