# Battery Desulfators
**URL:** https://community.electricforum.com/t/battery-desulfators/802
**Category:** Battery & Chargers
**Created:** [July 8, 2008, 6:04am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/battery-desulfators/802 "2008-07-08T06:04:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@noisome](https://community.electricforum.com/u/noisome)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2008, 6:04am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/battery-desulfators/802/1 "2008-07-08T06:04:29Z")
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](http://www.dallas.net/~jvpoll/Battery/aaDesulfatorSurvey.html)
[Building a desulfator](http://www.theworkshop.ca/energy/desulf/desulf.htm)
[Kits and stuff for desulfators](http://home.comcast.net/~ddenhardt201263/desulfator/desulf.htm)
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### Author:  [@ddoyel](https://community.electricforum.com/u/ddoyel)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/battery-desulfators/802/2 "2008-07-08T06:25:02Z")
Ive heard of people using Aspirin!
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### Author:  [@noisome](https://community.electricforum.com/u/noisome)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2008, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/battery-desulfators/802/3 "2008-07-08T12:11:32Z")
@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](http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/sparrow/s_diary.html) 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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### Author:  [@ddoyel](https://community.electricforum.com/u/ddoyel)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/battery-desulfators/802/4 "2008-07-08T21:19:14Z")
I wasnt trying to be a jerk! [http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15948&highlight=aspirin](http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15948&highlight=aspirin)
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### Author:  [@noisome](https://community.electricforum.com/u/noisome)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2008, 6:20am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/battery-desulfators/802/5 "2008-07-09T06:20:07Z")
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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### Author:  [@insane.nick](https://community.electricforum.com/u/insane.nick)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/battery-desulfators/802/6 "2011-12-06T04:14:27Z")
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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### Author:  [@RonS](https://community.electricforum.com/u/RonS)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/battery-desulfators/802/7 "2012-03-31T05:57:18Z")
Do Gel Cell batterys get sulfation on their plates,like wet cells do?