How a 36 Volt Forklift Battery With Only 1.5 Volts in All the Cells Can Be Brought Back to New

This exact scenario was accomplished at a coldwould finally accept a full charge on their own charger.
storage company in Long Beach California. When weIt was left on their charger over night on equalize. The
arrived the forklift battery was in very poor condition. Itnext day when we returned the all the acid readings
had been sitting for years on a palet because thewhere right where they were supposed to be and we
company was told that it was no good and theydid a load test which was found to be 94% of a new.
needed to replace it with a new one.It continues to be used back in service for a full shift to
Like most companies though they were not aware ofthis day. And it was a battery that was fixed with no
a way to bring it back to a new condition again. In factcell changes.
they believed that this task was an impossible one.All over the world now forklift batteries are being
Low and behold though we put our piece of equipmentrestored and used for twice their life instead of being
on the battery and it would not accept a charge at all.discarded or scraped. Doing this helps make
In fact it only took a few amps to bring the voltage upcompanies more green and promotes the saving of
to 60 volts! Gradually the voltage was brought downthe environment. Also companies can save a
by the machine and over a two day period the itsignificant amount of money.