11-07-2012, 05:31 PM
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Better with Butter
Location: Long Island, NY
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,966
Mein Auto: 335i sedan 6MT
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nordic_Kat
From what I understand, sulfation is a progressive process, and being a chemical reaction is with no doubt accelerated by temperature. My thought process is by starting with this fresh battery and proactively maintaining it in spite of my "bad behaviors" (state in my above post), I can prevent the new battery from ever sulfating. That is where my interest in the feature originates.
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Honestly, I'm not a battery engineer (is that an actual title?), but I did find this:
http://www.ehow.com/how_8067839_prev...batteries.html
and
http://www.flyingbeet.com/electricg/batteries.html
and
(these guys are very good)
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/a..._to_prevent_it
Synopsis: keep the battery topped up and you should essentially never see any sulfation (or at least enough to get symptoms).
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