Lead Acid Car battery to Alkaline rechargeable battery conversion

Lead Acid Car battery to Alkaline rechargeable battery conversion.
I took a common dead lead acid car battery and performed a conversion to Alkaline via Alum powder.
Before the conversion this battery was ready for the junk yard and didn't hold a charge any more. After a lot of cleaning with baking soda water to neutralize the acid we did the alum powder water conversion.
After some brief testing I noticed the converted Alum Alkaline battery had good power and seemed to hold a nice charge. I will update you guys with my latest findings as soon as I do more testing. Please do not try to do this at home, acid is very dangerous and should only be attempted in a safe environment and with the proper safety equipment.. Also please check with local and state laws as to the disposal of chemicals and waste materials.
I hope you enjoy this video!
-Pete
Mixcat.com

Category:

Science & Technology

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• Allum
• Alum
• Alkaline
• rechargeable
• acid
• battery
• batteries
• coversion
• waste
• junk
• green
• car
• lead
• chemicals
• law
• dangerous

[scoobydog411]

Hey Pete. Where did you get the info to do this? I am looking into it too. Thanks.

[mixcatcom]

@scoobydog411 I read a lot of tech forums and came across someone that explained his findings. He didnt want me talking about his experiments as he has had issues in the past ;o)

[madjimms]

Aren't the bubbles coming off just hydrogen gas... -_-

[mixcatcom]

@madjimms Im thiinking so.

[dcs1771]

WoW, that was interesting.

What will you use them for if it works the you want them to?

[mixcatcom]

@dcs1771 Solar battery bank, but the huge plus is no fumes when its charging like acid based batteries.. Lots safer I believe.

All the best,

-Pete

[backyardsounds]

could you have used a little bit of ammonia and water instead of baking soda?

[jdbwelder51]

How much allum do you use to one gal. water

[guaman1]

@mixcatcom sorry for the late post but do they hold up for a long enough time to be useful?

[tav48]

good job man. I did the exact same thing a few years back and it worked great. Thing worth noting is that voltage reading you got with the bicarb + water mix was actually the left over acid in the cell. If you let it sit for a few days, the majority will get neutralised and u'll get ~2v.

Also with the alum conversion, it still does give off hydrogen gas as a biproduct when charging.. I guess the only real benefit from the cell was the fact that you could deep discharge it without 'sulfation'.

[web1bastler]

i repaired my lead-acid batts by adding some fresh acid

[RRNRAW]

Hey! Pete love this! Any info on how to do this? tx

[heartlessvietboy]

What is the difference between Lead Acid Battery and Alkaline Battery? Why aren't we using Alkaline Batteries for our cars if Alkaline Batteries are common everyday use.

[polylingue]

Hey Pete-I have watched many of your vids. Thanks--but I am still waiting to see any cats. WTF man? The crowd wants cats!!!

[tau487]

Could you give a complete list of what you used for this conversion?

I am interested in trying this.

how has the converted battery been working?

if you could email me the list at bld1393-ieee@yahoo.com

thanks