Lead Acid Car battery to Alkaline rechargeable battery conversion Over 1 Year later! Update

Lead Acid Car battery to Alkaline rechargeable battery conversion !UPDATE! Over 1 year later...!
Here is the first battery video DIY link below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2hotJcwXSA
I hope you enjoy the update.
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

Tags:

• battery
• alum
• allum
• alkiline
• lead
• acid
• rechargeable
• car
• auto
• electric
• green
• powder
• water

[semco72057]

That is neat. I didn't know that about the batteries and will try it myself.

[mixcatcom]

@semco72057 Let me know how it works out.. I would love to hear what you find.

Have a great weekend,

-Pete

[edstar83]

You rock Pete!

[mixcatcom]

@edstar83 Glad you think so.. LOL

Have a great weekend my friend,

-Pete

[carnini]

very cool video! Can you tell me what multi meter you are using, mine seem to never work right.

[mixcatcom]

@carnini Its a cheapy but works well.. Ebay  XL830L you will see it.. $10-$20

All the best,

-Pete

[janttu1979]

ok, nice, have to try that. i have one totally dead car battery (12V, 45Amp, 6 cells) frozen off couple of times.. Let's see if i can take it back to life.

[smokyatgroups]

ok thanks mate! Lookin forward to it.

[kitime0630]

Hey Pete, it's Brendan :)

Do you know what kind of alum you used? It's probably Potassium Alum, that's the most common. What I'd like to see is a side-by-side comparison of amps/volts in a lead acid battery to a DIY alkaline battery. Time until the battery loses charge on a low, medium, and heavy draw would also be really cool to see.

Either way, this is a great idea for recycling dead lead/acid batteries, and I will be trying this myself in the near future.

-Kit

[GnosticNinja]

This would certainly come in handy during the up & coming inevitable Zombie apocalypse.

Using what is on hand, brilliant!

[Prancinglion1]

Thanks for the update... good job on your conversion. Your Y/T video of DIY solar panel was the first I saw on Y/t and you really got my attention. You also intorduced me to Fat, sick and nearly dead. As a result I've lost 16 pounds after 3 weeks and continue to improve. How about an update on the solar panels you built? Any info on how they're holding up after a few years of use? I'm about to start my own solar panel project and am looking to gain from your experience. lay it on me!

[ThaSpiderInternetsho]

did u ever read my e-mail i needed help on tha sound on my laptop that cuts in and out wen i record my voice tell me what should do......good video man!