What Is A Battery Clinic Restored Battery ?

Every wondered why some batteries are cheap while others so expensive ?

Of course the answer is QUALITY! It is the same reason the LADA automobile is at one end of affordability while BMW is at the other. It is the same with batteries. While the basic chemical formulation is similar it is the trace additives in the formulation, the construction of the plates, container and manufacturing process that makes the difference.

This is an Optima lead acid battery. It has solid electrolytes and the plates are spiral wound. This gives the battery the highest surface area available for electron flow also resulting in a very heavy battery for its' size.

These on the other hand examples of standard batteries with plates submerge in liquid electrolyte. The majority of automotive batteries are of this type and construction. Even here design, formulation, construction and manufacturing process directly impacts the quality and performance of the battery.

So, would you prefer a quality battery or a cheap battery? The answer is quality of course, at a price that you can afford. Good news! A Battery Clinic Restored Battery is a quality battery for less than the price of a cheap low cost battery.

This is possible because batteries mostly fail through sulphation. It is a process where overtime deposits of lead sulphate accumulate on top of the battery plates, whenever the battery is not in use. This reduces the surface area available for direct chemical action. Over time the battery becomes clogged and "dead". It is not dead really. If we can clear the surface coating of lead sulphate the battery can be rendered "live" again.

The Battery Clinic started business in Otahuhu, Auckland in 2005 pioneering an electronic desulphation method to restore these "dead" batteries to life. They have now perfected this process. The Battery Clinic can bring a 100 amphere Hours battery back to the full 100 amphere hours of storage again. At this point it is as good as a new battery.

How is this possible? When batteries are in use some active material fall to the bottom of the container and these chemicals are lost forever. However batteries that are just sulphated can be fully restored. Batteries restored by The Battery Clinic will still have between 90 - 100% of the active material working as designed.

One physical property that helps The Battery Clinic process here is that sulphation in a battery starts immediately after manufacture. That is why a battery that sits on a shelf unused for a year will be "dead". It will not respond to a charge, and exihibits no voltage. As batteries needs to be transported to where it is sold and this period can be as long as 2 to 3 months, the manufacturers "over spec" the battery. That is they add more active material than required to compensate for this sulphation.

Poor quality batteries do not have much active material and they shed active material very quickly during use. The Battery Clinic restored batteries are not revived from these low quality batteries because the capacity available after desulphation results only in weak batteries and will not pass the quality standards set by the company.

This is why a The Battery Clinic Restored Battery usually last more than 2 years. The record observed by the  the company is 5 years. Of course how long a battery last in a vehicle is dependent on the vehicle systems and how the battery is used and cared for.

So to answer the above question, A Battery Clinic Restored Battery is a battery restored from quality battery stock, to a condition described as "as good as new " through an environmentally friendly electronic process. This is a quality battery that sells at a price lower than a cheap low cost battery. Quality at a price you can afford.

The Battery Clinic now proudly market these batteries under their own own label. Watch out for these batteries which guarantees quality at a fraction of the original price.

Fact : Purchasing a Quality Restored Battery is not being "cheap" or "silly". In fact you are actually smart and ecologically minded. A genuine BMW battery can cost $800 to $1000. You can purchase the same Restored Battery for $120. It will work and last just as good as the new battery. Now that is being smart and informed. 

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