A lot of us will own a lead-acid battery in our cars without ever giving ... to shift the sulphation build up without boiling the electrolyte. If you read around the web, there are numerous ...

Hack a Day favorite [Mikey Sklar] is back with a new project. Mini-D is a battery desulfator. If a 12V lead-acid battery sits with a voltage below 12.3V, sulfur crystals will begin to form on the ...

A lead-acid battery has to be big enough to provide enough charge to start a car. It also has to be usable in cold climates and last many years. Since the electrolyte is a corrosive acid ...

This electrolyte can be free-flowing, as in a traditional lead-acid battery, which will audibly slosh when you move it around, or held in place, as in an absorbed glass mat (AGM) style.

Inside the battery, lead plates are submerged in an electrolyte solution made of water and sulfuric acid. This chemical interaction produces electrons, creating the power required to turn over the ...