On Thu, 20 Apr 1995, Derek Drew wrote: > If it was as simple as pouring EDTA into your battery to extend its life, > battery manufacturers would certainly do it, right? > > This thing smells suspiciously similar to Slick 50 in this respect--kind of > a marketing thing. Nope, wrong answer. The papers I have (if I ever find them) were done by the BMW motorcycle riders club, strictly non-profit. As well as the papers done by the alternative energy BBS. I'll hunt up their number tomorrow and post it with the issue number for you to peruse. Yuasa already adds what I'm almost sure is nothing more than EDTA to their batteries. They call it Sulfate Stop, and if you look at a new battery you'll see a white powdery substance across the top of the tank. I spoke with the local Interstate Battery rep a while back about marketing the product for me. He informed me that they already added a "white powder" to their recycled batteries. Unfortunately, he didn't know what it was... It's the wrong answer because the three causes of premature battery failure are freezing, open circuits caused by vibration and excessive sulfation, which is caused by discharge of the battery. If they added EDTA to their batteries they couldn't sell so many could they? All battery manufacturers know of the existance of EDTA and it's beneficial aspects. They just choose not to add it, their tip of the hat to planned obsolescence.
> > Can you send us hard data performed by independent testing labs? > I'll dig out the papers I have and post them this weekend. Jack
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