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From: ee5001ae@charon.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Battery Rejuvinator solution
Keywords: Lead-acid, Calcium Sulfate
Message-ID: <4027@charon.unm.edu>
Date: 30 Nov 88 18:00:05 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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Early this year, my deep-cycle RV battery which operates numerous things here
at n5gax went belly-up, and I'd been using an ibm-surplus dc supply to run 
things for a few months. In early Nov., I was pricing deep-cycle batteries and
cringing, so I decided to try one of those bottles of battery rejuvenator -- I
had little to lose.

Heeey! It worked! 

The bottle says it contains cadmium sulfate. Does anyone out there know what
this stuff does, and the details of the chemistry involved?

While we're on that subject, can someone recommend a good, reasonably compre-
hensive and up-to-date reference that describes the electrochemistry of 
various battery systems?

					T.I.A.,
					   d



PS: I got one of those Aluminum-air battery kits from Edmund Sci. I'll be
	experimenting with it, and will probably post some preliminary
	results...well, opinions, anyway, in Jan. or Feb.
					   d


-- 
	Always pay careful attention to the man behind the curtain.
  Duke McMullan n5gax nss13429r phon505-255-4642 ee5001ae@charon.unm.edu