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Industrial Batteries - The Problem
Regardless of how well you maintain your fleet, sulfate bonding is robbing your productivity. Sulfate bonding is the number one contributing factor to your degrading runtimes, overheating issues and premature losses.
By preventing the sulfates from bonding to the lead plates, we can directly reduce the resistance and substantially increase the flow of current within the cells. Your batteries will require less return amperage, charge cooler, lose less water and have a longer lifespan overall.
Without using any harsh abrasives, solvents or corrosives, we can naturally unlock the sulfuric bond from the lead plates and return it to the electrolyte. Within just a few cycling's we can prevent any further sulfation from adhering to the plates for the entire cycle life of the battery.
Lead acid batteries were invented in 1859 by Gaston Planté and first demonstrated to the French Academy of Sciences in 1860. Lead-acid batteries are composed of a Lead-dioxide cathode, a sponge metallic Lead anode and a Sulfuric acid solution electrolyte. The cell voltage is 2 Volts.
During discharge, the lead dioxide (positive plate) and lead (negative plate) react with the electrolyte of sulfuric acid to create lead sulfate, water and energy. During charging, the cycle is reversed: the lead sulfate and water are electro-chemically converted to lead, lead oxide and sulfuric acid by an external electrical charging source.
Sulfation is a natural occurrence in all lead/acid batteries including sealed, gel-cell, and recumbent batteries. It is the prime cause of early battery failure and occurs when the sulfur in the sulfuric acid forms sulfur crystals that attach to the lead plates, and act as an "insulation" keeping the battery from accepting a charge. There is no question sulfation is the leading cause of these premature disposals and battery replacements as it is THE most destructive process determining the life of all types of lead-acid batteries.
Interestingly, the Battery Council International industry studies indicate as much as eight out of ten batteries are prematurely discarded as "dead" due to excessive sulfation.
Shedding or loss of material from the plates may occur due to excessive charge rates or excessive cycling. The result is chunks of lead on the bottom of the cell, and actual holes in the plates for which there is no cure.