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Source: http://www.myautorepairadvice.com/battery_reconditioning.html The good news is that with the right guide, car battery reconditioning can be done by almost anyone. Everybody who has owned a car for a few years would probably have experienced this sinking feeling - Instead of their prized possession roaring to life when the key is turned, the only thing they get is a tkkk tkkk sound. Car batteries often fail when we least expect them to. How Do Your Car Batteries Work?  A car battery is essentially a rechargeable battery, specifically known as a lead acid battery. A lead acid battery works in a neat little loop - The battery produces power to kick start the car, and gets recharged by the alternator while you are driving. Lead acid batteries can be divided into two types: Sealed and Flooded Cell. Sealed batteries requires no maintenance while flooded cell batteries have detachable caps and needs to be checked occasionally for water levels. Battery reconditioning wo

By Kurt @WarriorForum http://www.warriorforum.com/off-topic-forum/525296-battery-trick-really-works.html My truck's battery went completely dead about a month ago. I drove it about 30 minutes at 60 MPH to try to recharge it. I went in the grocery store for about 25 minutes, came out and tried to start the truck. Nothing. Not even a click from the starter. The battery was totally dead. From my research on the web and particularly Youtube, I heard there was a way to "recondition" car batteries. I was skeptical...Nothing could be this easy. BUT IT WORKED!!!! Here's what I did. I took 8-9 tablespoons of epsom salts. I mixed it with just enough distilled water to create a liquid. The epsom salts dissolves the sulfate that builds up on batteries and causes them to die. I put 1 tablespoon of the mixture into each of the 6 cells of the battery. I put the battery on a slow trickle charger for a couple of days...(The trickle charger was very weak/slow). It's be