Why Car Batteries Don't Have to Die Young

Contrary to a March 14 article in The Wall Street Journal, it is not the number of gadgets that cause car batteries to go dead; it is the amount of lead sulfate on the battery plates. Higher engine temperatures, new lead alloys and incorrect finishing of batteries in third world countries are causing sulfate to build up more rapidly today than five years ago.

Clearwater, FL (PRWeb) March 26, 2007 -- The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, March 14, blamed the plethora of gadgets, chargers and "killer cup warmers" in modern day autos for decreasing battery life. Batteries used to last three to five years, now they last only two.

While it is true that today's cars have become "offices and homes away from home," with refrigerators, advanced sound systems, iPods and DVD's, it is not the number of doodads that cause early battery death. The battery is sized to handle them.

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Nobody is talking about the real reason for short lived batteries -- sulfate. The formation of lead sulfate on the battery plates is the main reason batteries act dead. There are several factors which cause lead sulfate to build up faster today than it used to. http://www.batterylifesaver.com/battery-faqs.html

In order to make engines more efficient, temperatures in engine compartments have risen. This causes the battery to form lead sulfate more rapidly.

In order to reduce the amount of gas formed while charging and discharging, vital for low maintenance batteries, battery designers have gone to a different lead alloy. Normal charging and discharging causes a battery to form oxygen and hydrogen gas, equivalent to boiling water out of the battery. While the different lead alloy reduces the gassing, it causes lead sulfate to form more rapidly.

The final steps in the manufacture of batteries called finishing are usually considered trade secret by battery manufacturers. Many batteries manufactured in third world countries skip the finishing process or don't do it correctly. This will shorten the life of the battery and accelerate the formation of sulfate, because the chemical reactions in the battery are not optimized.

Chuck Van Breemen, inventor, with twenty-eight years experience as an automotive engineer, has solved the problem of lead sulfate formation on the battery plates. It is called Battery Life Saver--an electronic device that uses a square wave (a powerful, variable wave) that excites the lead sulfate crystals and causes them to dissolve. You attach it to the battery or battery bank and forget it; it keeps lead sulfate from forming. It also can be used to restore "dead," sulfate-ridden batteries to their original condition. http://www.batterylifesaver.com/car-auto-battery-life-saver.html

Charging helps. Keeping the batteries watered helps. But go ahead--eat in your car, make love, turn on computers, refrigerators, DVD's and turn up your reverb. It won't matter as long as you keep lead sulfate from forming.

Van Breemen offers a free booklet, "Everything You Wanted to Know About Your Batteries But Were Afraid To Ask." For more information, go to https://www.batterylifesaver.com or call toll free 1-866-301-8835.

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