LJD Wouldn't a "dry charged" battery that had been filled, charged, then drained at the factory then shipped and purchased last as long as a "dry" battery if the purchaser filled and drained the battery 3 times with distilled water to thoroughly wash all of the acid out? In accordance with all applicable OSHA and EPA regs of course. I don't know that this would work, just asking if it would.
This question is based on my previous personal experiences while pulling wrenches at a Cat shop. Before OSHA or EPA regs complicated such investigations, I drained, flushed, and then cut used batteries apart and mounted them on pallets to observe what possibly led to their failure. I had several pallets exhibiting several brands and sizes of locally available batteries.
I found that if I flushed them 3 times, I didn't have any holes in my jeans and shirts after I cut them apart. Maybe I just got lucky?
Out of approx. 20 batteries, 2 or 3 with cell connector fractures, 1 or 2 with various apparent manufactured in defects, but most with the lead sulphate accumulator trenches under each cell full and shorted across the cell. We speculated that it was the result of the fragile lead sulphate crystals being subjected to too much shock and vibration before being recharged back into spongy lead and sulfuric acid. Its amazing that lead acid batteries actually hold up as well as they do for as long as they do.
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