Hi All,
I have a few (expensive) deep cycle batteries that have been heavily used, but not that old, less that 2 years, that have degraded in capacity. Inspecting one of them, I find that negative plates are still in good condition, but the positive plates not so good, as expected.
I would like to rebuild these batteries by replacing the positive plates with lead plates, as Plante plates. I have been reading a lot about this topic, and wonder if someone has tried this. I see that Plante plate design is simple, but the problem is the long time it takes for formation. I read the post by JeffD at
http://www.fieldlines.com/board/index.php/topic,136261.html and found it very helpful.
My questions are:
- Is there an effective way to speed the formation of the Plante plates? Would adding some red lead expedite?
- Would the batteries eventually get back to close to full capacity if this is done?
Thanks for any comments anyone provides.