Battery Desulfators

2pack

Purchased one of these on ebay and have tried it on 4, 12v car batteries in total 3 of which were holding small charge.
I used it with trickle battery charger but with not very good results,
3 batteries had little or no change when cycle had finished and the fourth battery got very very hot all round and probably would have exploded if i had to have left it on.
When i put the charger on it again it blew the fuse.

anybody any success with these

CJhaughey

The only desulphator I have used is part of the Optimate charger,I have had no trouble with this at all in 10+years.
The principle is that they pass a higher voltage through the battery to break the sulphate crystals off the plates.
I would trust one that was part of a charger rather than a standalone unit TBH.
A good charger with desulphation built in isn't that expensive compared to the price of a battery.

2pack

well im not having much luck with this and the thought of the battery heating up that much that you could not hold your hand on the side wall of it is very serious.

I put it on the trickle or normal charge for 24 hours but mabe i should try the fast charge and leave it on for longer.

this is suppose to be a popular make too
http://www.infinitumstore.com

CJhaughey

2pack wrote: »

well im not having much luck with this and the thought of the battery heating up that much that you could not hold your hand on the side wall of it is very serious.

I put it on the trickle or normal charge for 24 hours but mabe i should try the fast charge and leave it on for longer.

this is suppose to be a popular make too
http://www.infinitumstore.com

I always try and charge batteries slowly if possible, it might take a while but its better for the battery in the long run.

2pack

CJhaughey wrote: »

I always try and charge batteries slowly if possible, it might take a while but its better for the battery in the long run.

how long do you charge yours on the slow charge

CJhaughey

Depends on the battery, its taken me about 2 days before with a 100amp battery

Pottler

are the tiny little Citek units not supposed to be the best battery desulphaters/chargers going? Any test of chargers/reconditioners I ever read had them as the best going.

2pack

well i had a reasonably good 096 battery that i tried this desulfator out on,
connected my charger and kept it charging on slow setting for 14 hours but battery became very hot so turned all off,
next morning i just connected my normal charger and it sparked and blew the fuse in it.... just keeps blowing them, its reading 12.2 volts this battery but wont start anything.
i never has a problem with charging it til i used this desulfator

Mar4ix

have you checked "water" level in each battery cell ? if it not cover plate in cell, it has to be topped up with distillate water, and than charged. I've changed and charged a lot batteries in my life, never had anything like in your description.

havent seen good chargers though , i have one ... got it in halfords, but never worked right . ...

My father has oldie one (square metal box (like regular car battery size) , with number switches and couple meters ) ... since soviet union times ... 1983 ... i think, that yoke charged batteries without problems.

Pottler

name i was after is actually ctek - they are the dogs danglies when it comes to battery charging and desulphating(despite their small size)

2pack

i put a multi meter on 2 batteries before charging them and it showed 8.77 and 8.94 volts and after using this device with charger for 16 hrs and then one showed 12.66 and 12.82 volts and neither would even turn over my car,
really is aload of crap this device it seems

CJhaughey

I've never heard of Infinitum desulfators.
Optimate were the first I heard of and I bought one of the original units which is still going strong.
Now it seems you can buy variations from most any place even Lidl and Aldi have compact chargers from time to time.
I have used CTEK stuff as well and they seem good as well.
Procycle stuff from Louis is also good, it has a moneyback guarantee.

All these compact chargers have built in desulphating programs, basically it passes a high voltage pulse through the plates and this can convert lead sulphate crystals back into sulphuric acid. If the sulphation isn't too bad it can work but sometimes the crystals fall off and into the bottom of the battery then the battery is Bolixed as there is no way for electricity to go through the crystals to convert them back into acid.

I wouldn't use that Infinitum device anymore unless you know it actually works and won't feck up any more of your batteries.