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Lead Acid Battery Background The lead acid battery is the original rechargeable battery. It was invented in 1859 in France and has seen widespread use for a wide range of applications up through the current time. One of the largest applications of lead acid batteries has to be in the automotive field, where they have been used for many years, but they are also used in RVs, marine applications, golf carts & scooters, and in many other ways. With the  extremely large number of lead acid batteries in use, many are discarded and taken out of use every day. Some of those discarded batteries still have a lot of useful life in them if they were tested and reconditioned using the methods we will be discussing here. First a little more background, then we’ll get into the testing, reconditioning, and how to take care of a lead acid battery. Personal Safety: A lead acid battery has lead and acid in it, just as its name indicates. It has plates made of lead and the liquid in the batt