"Molesworth" wrote in message
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Larry wrote:

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show something less depending {I reckon} on their quality]

I love the "quality" hype. One plate is lead. One plate is lead
dioxide. The electrolyte is gauze soaked with a dilute solution of
H2SO4. The quality is in the label and plastic case.

Torn apart, and I have torn them apart, I don't see any quality
inside.
You gotta go to a "quality" battery factory to believe it. Exide
makes
"quality" batteries. Their plant was in Sumter, SC. It wasn't like
a
laboratory, I can tell you. It's a dirty, nasty, smelly business
making
batteries. You wouldn't wanna work there....(c; None of them are
made
in a laboratory just for you.

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This reminds me of an article in a 1950's 'Practical Motorist'
regarding
resuscitating old batteries.

It showed diagrammes of the old battery with the bottom edge of the
plates eaten away (before). Their article explained that you should
cut
off the top of the battery and reverse these plates (after), as the
electrolysis worked at the bottom and reversing the plates doubled the
life...

They also had an article about how to build a sidecar out of an old
greenhouse..

:-)

Molesworth

Jay Leno has a couple of old electric cars in his garage. There was an
article in Popular Mechanics a month or so ago about his Baker electric
that had batteries that were re-buildable. (alkaline batteries???) Said
they have lead plates and use acid??There was a picture of him holding
one and it looked about the same size and shape as a 12volt starting
battery size 27. It said they could be rebuilt indefinitely which is
good since they were about a hundred years old already.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/auto...e/4215940.html

Wilbur Hubbard