Battery reconditioning.

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I have a battery that has had very little use, but because it has unfortunately gone flat sitting around, it will no longer hold a full charge ( wont crank for long ). I have looked for info no how to recondition a battery but they all seem to require adding a secret chemical. Does anyone know what they add, or have a way to reco a battery.

Here is a quote from one of the battery re conditioners -









The number one cause of mechanically sound battery failures occurs when Lead Sulphate crystals

turn abnormally hard and clog the plates. Sulfuric acid cannot enter the pores and the battery

starves to death. Sulphation occurs naturally in a lead-acid battery, however during the charge

phase some crystals remain, accumulate and harden between plates to the point that normal charging

will not break them down.

Reconditioning is a process of adding the appropriate chemical to the battery and properly

charging the battery to its desired needs.




There are also some great battery reconditioning video's on YouTube, but but they also say you must buy there chemicals. What are they adding?