Used Forklift Battery Reconditioning

Used Forklift Battery Reconditioning

By Nicholas C.

Deep cycle batteries are normally found in golf carts, and are typically very expensive as well.

Well if you talk to the person in charge of maintenance at these facilities you can normally get them to let you have some of their old golf cart batteries. This is because normally they have to get rid of them as they switch out there cart batteries every couple of years.

Reconditioning batteries like golf cart or forklift batteries are great for solar applications. You can also test the battery with a load tester as well to make sure that the battery can take a load and return to a charge value of 12 or higher volts. Deep cycle batteries are not cheap at all and some of the batteries that are created solely for the use of renewable energy can cost of upwards of $250 per battery!

Deep Cycle batteries are used in marine, vehicle, RV's, Off-road ATV's, Golf Carts, Forklifts, and just about any application. One of the largest manufacturers of these batteries is a company named Trojan Battery Company and the batteries they have are great for renewable energy sources.

Instead of buying a large bank of these batteries at $250 a pop you should hunt around local golf cart maintenance shops, forklift repair shops, and more for finding these deep-cycle gems.

One simple method of repair is for using EDTA in the electrolytic fluid in each cell that doesn't pass the test of a standard electrolytic hydrometer. Although some battery types are sealed most are recoverable with this technique. EDTA stands for ethylene diamine tetra acetic, and can be purchased on the Internet rather easily. If you see people selling you "special" battery reconditioning mixtures this is what the main ingredient is.