More on EZ Battery Reconditioning

What they don't imply

One thing to note about EZ Battery Reconditioning. You won't find the claim to be "how to find good batteries that people throw away. I'm sure that wouldn't sell as well.

A claim like: 

"Bringing Dead Batteries Back To Life Is Simple!"

is a great deal more enticing because getting good batteries that people throw away is a lot harder than getting dead batteries that people throw away.

But I'm going to guess, without having read the book, that a lot of the secret is to get batteries that people don't want anymore and check to see if they are really no good or if they can still be used.


What I think they might suggest

With a simple voltmeter, one can check a non-rechargeable battery. That's how the battery testers do it. If an alkaline battery is over 1.5V, it's probably good. If a non-rechargeable lithium battery is over 3.0V, it's probably good. If a silver oxide battery is over 1.55V, it probably has enough life left to be considered good.

But NONE of that is "bringing dead batteries back to life.

One might even check a battery to see if it is good "under load", which is a better test. But how much load should one put on a non-rechargeable battery for how long for it to be considered good? I could go into that because it isn't that complicated, but it's not dead simple. It will be a good topic for a future post.

But back to our EZ Battery Reconditioning people.


What they do imply

They imply that dead rechargeable batteries can be brought back to life. Non-rechargeable batteries can only be brought back to life under certain conditions, but we've found that even under the best conditions it still isn't worth it. What I mean is that alkaline batteries CAN be recharged, but they are much weaker after it is done, and they don't recharge enough times to go to the trouble.

Please note: they use the words "Long Life" and "Alkaline" on their website. Here's the screenshot:

And they use the word "Recondition" to top it all off. So if they mean there are chargers to recharge alkaline batteries, well, I suppose you might still be able to find one. But "long life" batteries are more commonly known as carbon zinc or zinc chloride. And these cannot be reconditioned. Again, though, there is a little wiggle room with the terminology seeing as someone could always say that "long life" just means any battery should have a good long life.


What I really think is inside the alleged "guide"

They probably tell you about a few tricks that are no secret in the battery industry. We've tried these before with RARE success. Here is the list:

• For lead acid batteries, add some Epsom salt to de-sulfate the plates
• For NiCd batteries, a cell can be "zapped" with 10x voltage to burn off any internal shorts
• For NiCd batteries again, if they have life but one wants to try and revive them to a better life; cycle them a few times with a deep discharge to about .2V per cell

Please note: When a lithium battery wears out, there is no getting it back. This is true for any lithium chemistry. It's also true for NiMH chemistry.

Tentative Conclusion

I doubt it.

They claim in their video that "any" battery can be reconditioned. They claim in thier screenshot that lithium batteries, which are what laptop batteries are, can be reconditioned. They claim NiMH batteries can be reconditioned in their list, as well.

I don't think it's possible.

I'm going to look into it further, but I don't think my conclusion will be proved wrong.