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I'm looking at storing several deep cycle batteries as components. The cases and the acid seperate. This allows me to replace them when they become unusable.
Does anyone know enough about rechargeable batteries to tell me if I buy them uncharged and store them without charging will they last longer than any in use? Or is there another way.
My preps rely a lot on batteries and I want to extend their lives as much as possible.
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You can order deep cycle batteries with the acid supplied seperately in yellow plastic bottles for activation at a later day.
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10 July 2012, 22:36
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I bought my last ones from our local motoring and camping store in Teesside, he apparently gets all his batteries dlivered dry and fills them himself, so for me i had no problem in asking him to sell me my two batteries plus four bottles of acid for the same price as a charged unit. try your local battery supplier.
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If you can source them, use old secondhand forklift batteries.
They may have lost their 'high torque power' for use in forklifts but still have plenty (years) of life left in them for 'deep cycle' power usage and storage.
Built for purpose.
Yes, for battery storage empty out the acid - and be careful about it!
Use only distilled water to top up batteries.
Do your own research - not sure on the technic but from a dry fill of distilled water a battery can produce its own acid.
Cheers Juice.
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Be aware that 'dry' batteries (batteries supplied without the acid) are likely to become very difficult to get. The way they are made results in a higher amount of sulphuric acid cloud escaping into the environment and as a result lots of countries have legislation in the works to ban their manufacture.
Also dry cell batteries while having a much longer shelf life than wet batteries tend to have a poorer operational characteristics than a wet battery of the same size/weight. As a result many battery users are leaning away from dry batteries preferring to rely on just-in-time supply chains to get wet batteries to their point of use when required.
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