Battery additives

ReelTimer · 04-28-2013, 07:09 AM

Has anyone tried adding a battery additive to revive failing batteries? Additives claim to neutralize the sulphur buildup and potentially restore battery life. For example - amazon.com/Liquid-Solution-Refurbish-Batteries

Swan · 04-28-2013, 08:16 AM

http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/elect...-part-2-a.html

gadavis · 04-28-2013, 08:19 AM

Try pouring it on your money and if it makes it multiply, that will tell you how good it will work in your batteries. Same principle, just money instead of batteries. In 50 years of being a grease monkey, I've never seen things like that work.

You may have a better chance with one of the new batterycharger/desulfators (sp.) than the stuff you are looking at. You can use the charger for other things also.

Gene

Swan · 04-28-2013, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swan

http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/elect...-part-2-a.html

start at post 8

Volt_Ampere · 04-28-2013, 04:04 PM

Modern Day Snake Oil! Or worse. I strongly recommend that you never add anything but distilled H20 to your batteries EVER.

04-28-2013, 04:47 PM

Modern Day Snake Oil!

i stick to my posts

Quote:

Originally Posted by crash test dummy

hey guess what ?
been almost a year and batteries are doing great !!
holding charge, have full power, runs about 15-16 miles before needing recharge, and uses little water a month
only thing ever happen was a post melted cause i put a washer on and did not tighten it good .. DOH!

now the sad but good news ... a friend got a jacked up cart with 2010 Powertron batteries in it.. but he wanted Trojans so he gave me the '10 batteries and used my '06 "renewed batteries" as core turn in's
so now i have 2010 batteries FREE and when they start going bad i'll be doing the ol' battery renew trick again ... hell it kept a set of dead batteries going a year

going to do a little upgrading to the lights and other things ... will post up as things happen

Swan · 04-28-2013, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volt_Ampere

Modern Day Snake Oil

now thats a good one

dgcurtis · 04-29-2013, 09:26 AM

I can say I've had pretty good luck with battery desulfators. I've gotten longer run times and long battery life. I've used the battery life saver on a few carts and it works pretty well. Unfortunately, I don't keep carts long enough to see how it works over the long term.

I had purchased a cart from someone who desulfated the batteries during the winter. The Trojans were 10 years old and ran really well. I wish I could not drive my cart long enough so I could put the batteries on a desulfator long term.

Doug

04-28-2013, 07:09 AM	#1
ReelTimer Not Yet Wild Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 1	Battery additives Has anyone tried adding a battery additive to revive failing batteries? Additives claim to neutralize the sulphur buildup and potentially restore battery life. For example - amazon.com/Liquid-Solution-Refurbish-Batteries Last edited by ReelTimer; 04-28-2013 at 07:20 AM.. Reason: add example
ReelTimer Not Yet Wild Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 1

04-28-2013, 08:16 AM	#2
Swan Cave Dweller Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Always On The Move Posts: 22,238	Re: Battery additives http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/elect...-part-2-a.html

04-28-2013, 08:19 AM	#3
gadavis Gone Wild Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central Georgia Posts: 264	Re: Battery additives Try pouring it on your money and if it makes it multiply, that will tell you how good it will work in your batteries. Same principle, just money instead of batteries. In 50 years of being a grease monkey, I've never seen things like that work. You may have a better chance with one of the new batterycharger/desulfators (sp.) than the stuff you are looking at. You can use the charger for other things also. Gene

04-28-2013, 04:04 PM	#5
Volt_Ampere Gone Wild Join Date: May 2012 Location: Rio Verde, Az Posts: 7,190	Re: Battery additives Modern Day Snake Oil! Or worse. I strongly recommend that you never add anything but distilled H20 to your batteries EVER.

04-29-2013, 09:26 AM	#8
dgcurtis Getting Wild Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Peachtree City, GA Posts: 141	Re: Battery additives I can say I've had pretty good luck with battery desulfators. I've gotten longer run times and long battery life. I've used the battery life saver on a few carts and it works pretty well. Unfortunately, I don't keep carts long enough to see how it works over the long term. I had purchased a cart from someone who desulfated the batteries during the winter. The Trojans were 10 years old and ran really well. I wish I could not drive my cart long enough so I could put the batteries on a desulfator long term. Doug

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