Acid Lead battery restoration recovery 2 of 3 INCLUDES UPDATE 2018

Thanks Randy! Your method seems to have worked flawlessly. I did it with my truck battery that was no longer holding a charge. It sat installed in my truck for the better part of two years. The truck was rarely used. The process worked flawlessly! After reconditioning, it was holding a 12.9V charge for 12 hours before I put it into my vehicle and called it good. It's like I have a new battery! I did two baking soda soaks and flushed it out maybe 20 times in total with water, in order to get all of the sediment out of the battery.

This dude is the goat. He gave the measurements, the process, and how long he got out of the battery after the process. You get a sub for being thorough

Saw this 40 years ago with a 6 volt battery in an H-D Panhead. The owner threw his battery in a pail of water with the baking soda in Oct and took it back out in April, rinsed it out and re-filled it and rode again until Oct.. Great video, thanks.

I cannot believe this i followed your video and repaired all my batteries. THANKYOU, people who can afford it ,go out and purchase a new battery but people like me your video is a miricle.

Randy, You just saved me at least $100.00. Thanks. I followed your instructions and within 2 minutes my battery was putting out 9 volts (on a trickle charge). After a long slow charge, it restored my battery to new. I needed a battery for my winch on my trailer and this is perfect. It is a battery from 2009 !!!!

Randy, I want to thank you for this video. This helped save a Miata battery from 2012 that read at 3.86V (also had flakes of metal floating around in the cell) and brought it back to 13.3, which then held a resting voltage of 12.6v. There are some things I want to talk about that I did that might help others in this scenario. One thing I did was I used hot (just below boiling) distilled water mixed with the baking soda. I did this for two reasons: one the baking soda would absorb better just like the Epsom Salt, does and second to increase the reactivity of the baking soda. When you heat up particles they move faster and interact with the Sulfuric Acid at a higher rate. WARNING -- the heated baking soda will also increase potential for the fluid to fly up out of the cell. I also did 3 baking flushes, followed by ~20 filtered water flushes. After the 5th filtered water flush, I tested the pH which was around an 8.5pH. Now I knew the fluid coming out was safe to get on my skin and around me. So I took the battery and began flushing, though I noticed that the coloration of the fluid was not changing. So after the 20th or so flush. I took the battery, flipped it upside down on two 2x4's, so that the holes to the cells were exposed. Then, I took a hose and ran it full blast back and forth between the cells for about 5 mins. The water was still coming out rusty so I decided to just give up. For a final flush, I added a 1:4 distilled water-distilled vinegar flush twice. I did this because even after 20+ flushes, the acidity was still around 8pH. Why is this? I don't know -- my thoughts were the baking soda left over or the pH of the local city water I was passing through a filter was at 8pH. The acidity was brought back down to a 5.5-6pH after two vinegar flushes. Then I added the electrolyte fluid and charged it with an LST 12V Battery Trickle Charger that does it at 1100mA. It is a digital charger, but it's minimum input voltage is 3v. After my flushes and induction of electrolyte fluid, my battery the battery read around 5.5v. So way above the chargers minimum threshold. I searched for an analog charger but they just don't seem to make them anymore! The battery charger had a desulfation stage where it pulsed 14.5v for around a day or so then began charging a constant 13.6v for 3 days then it read "charged." Last thing I did before I tried cranking it was plugged it in and ran my headlights for around 20 mins, then recharged. It dipped down to 11.8v then charged backed up to 12.6. Since then it's started my Miata ~20 times. I hope this helps anyone reading this. This video was a big help and saved me $170. Thanks again!

As an Electronics service engineer for the past 45 years...this guy has impressed me very much, everything he says makes perfect sense, especially with the rinsing of the individual cells with the Baking Soda and the Distilled Water , AND the epsom salts mixed in with the Distilled Water to finish!!...Excellent idea!!...and...it's GREAT for extending the life of a battery!! .... 5 x stars for this video!!

Like a teacher, you teach everything deeply and showing the right way of cleaning the battery and replaced with epsam salt and correct measurements, these things no one was told by the you tubers.i am also doing a try to my 10 years old battery thanks a lot .May the god bless you

I had an Uncle who taught me this trick back in the 70's.Back then I couldn't afford to buy a new battery so, all mine came from the junk yard. Once I add the distilled water and Epson salts I always started my car with a different battery then switch them while the engine is running. I lived 45 miles out of the closest Town that had a grocery store. The drive to the store gave me enough charge I never had any issue of not starting for my drive home. I let my cars do the charging.

This guy makes me feel like I'm learning a life lesson from my daddy ♡

Thanks Randy, I followed your process and had great success in restoring a 6 year old lawn tractor battery. This process worked like a charm and I only spent $2.00 for the materials and a little time.

Just tried your method I liked that you cleaned out the battery with backing soda,it was the only one that used this method,you seemed like you know what your doing,this is a 2011 battery 12 volt for my Tundra I’ll let you know how it works .Thanks Ron

BEEN WORKING ON CARS FOR 50 YEARS AND LIKE YOU SAVED MONEY,NEVER EVER TOOK MY CARS FOR REPAIR. MY BATTERIES CAME FROM THE SCRAP YARD AND I DID JUST WHAT YOUR DOING.I PAID 8 BUCKS FOR A BATTERY vs 89.00 AT AN AUTO STORE

I have looked for this video for a while. I have two dead batteries i need revived. I had watched this video sometime back but then I never thought i will ever need it. I watched so many videos on Youtube but they were all useless. You have nailed it! Thank you

I so appreciate this gentleman! He definitely is a great teacher; methodical and presenting the information step-by-step. I am going to get my battery out of our Honda and go through the steps. Lots of time with Covid-19 keeping school teachers and administrators home. There's a reason he has over 1.3 million views (4/20/20). You are going to save me a great deal of money. Well done, Randy!

Very well done video. I have watched several other video on this very topic and found them missing information or moving hastily on to the next step, leaving confusion. You have explained very well, throughly and completely. Thanh you.

Randy, you need to put something between the funnel and the opening of the battery to allow the air to escape, this way you can just pour the water in with little or no resistance.

This is really smart. I never would have thought of it. By using the baking soda, you are neutralizing the acid. This seems counter productive at first since lead sulfate is usually dissolve by acids like HCl. So you wouldn't think to neutralize the acid, but since its in a battery, which uses acid to make electricity, and electricity forms the lead sulfate in the first place, you are actually preventing any more from being formed, and allowing them to actually break up and be carried away in the basic baking soda solution with your shaking of the battery.

Your method is the best I have seen. I have always just added Epsom Salts directly to the electrolyte in each cell then charge overnight. I have extended every battery 4-5 years with this method. Great video. Thank you sir.

This is the guy it taught me how to charge my batteries and it really worked for two years now the batteries are going strong