How To MAKE OLD BATTERIES NEW Again!!! 12v 6v Deep Cycle, Car, Truck, Golf Cart, Semi
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MAKE OLD BATTERIES NEW AGAIN!!! 12v 6v Deep Cycle, Car, Truck, Golf Cart, Semi
Friends the 120V & 220 VOLTS ARE THE POWER INPUTS FROM YOUR HOUSE POWER SOURCE, THEY ARE NOT THE OUTPUT OF THE WELDERS. Here we show the simplest and cheapest way to make cars, trucks, and golf carts, marine batteries last an eternity. We show you the exact method on how to use DC converter welders for reviving your batteries and having them last a lifetime!
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Does this work for 8volt golf cart battery or do you recommend different welder
If you only wanted to buy one welder but have both 6 & 12v batteries could you wire 2 6v batteries in series could u treat it then no different then a 12v?
Can I charge 2 Volt deep cycle alkaline batteries using a similar procedure?
Julio is a keeper. Mike, this welder will pay for itself after recuperating one battery! I have several flooded 12 volt batteries lying around. Thank you, my friend, for helping us save money! You are truly appreciated!
Wow, we really thank you for that comment, it makes all we do worth it when we read comments like yours my friend. And we think we will keep Hoolio around for a while, he's a good guy! Have a great day! mad Mike the hammer SPC
Did you buy the welder and try it? Results?
@@SweetProjectCars I ordered the welder you indicated, will the 160amp welder work on a standard 12volt? The 200 amp welder was unavailable at the time I ordered, the only welder I was able to purchase on your list was the red 160 amp.
When he cuts to the Julio audio clips I just about laughed a lung out through my nose !!!!
@@joellipperini Did the 160amp work for Car Batteries too? or do you need the 200amp? I have both motorcycle and car batteries....wondering if I need 2 welders, or if one of them will work for both?
I just did this today to a 6-year-old battery that was on its way out and Stranded my niece twice. The battery was maintaining 12.3 volts but now it's rocking over 12.7 volts after shock therapy and a load test!!! Thank you sweet project cars
Our pleasure tom! Glad we could help. Thank you for watching and sharing your results, we appreciate it, hope you have a great week. mad Mike the hammer SPC
What brand welder for 6 volt
"rocking over 12.7 volts"
you almost want to pat it "who's a good boy!"
Wow! This freaking works!!! Spent all weekend doing this to 6 batteries on my golf cart and it's unreal how much the batteries came to life. It's like I have a brand new golf cart!
Glad to hear, DropD! Thank you so much for watching and sharing your fantastic results, we really appreciate it, have a great week my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
What did you use to fully charge the 6 v battery after processing with the welder?
I would say, definitely have some gloves that are leather and some safety glasses just in case, might as well be in a well ventilated area to bare minimum have a mask on
How are those batteries holding up now?
I recieved my welder (the red one) a couple days ago. I already saved my car battery. Knowing that this welder is only for regular car lead acids I decided to experiment and tried it on my dead rv 12v deep cycle batteries that have been sitting for 3 years in the elements. Well what do you know, It worked on them too! Sweet.
Awesome Steve! Thank you so much for watching and sharing your fantastic results, we really appreciate it, have a great week my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Steve for liberty
I just came across this channel and subscribed. What is the make and model of these two welders? I cant find them in the videos. Thanks.
@@mrlawski1014 in the video description, press the 'read more' and you should get the rest of the welder's description.
@@toddthurston8317 Thanks, I'm not always this helpless. Appreciate your help.
What is the output voltage of your welding inverter machine ???
It works. Got a golf cart with battery’s that were 5 years old and weren’t charged for 2 years . Took many hours to do 6 batteries but saved 4 out of six.
Awesome Austin!! That is a big savings for sure!! Thank you so much for watching and sharing your results, we truly appreciate it, have a great week my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
I bought the DEKOPRO 160Amp, batteries in the 36volt golf cart charged to about 90% but the batteries in my 48volt cart charged 100%. Very happy person here. Can't thank you enough, Gary O
Glad to hear Gary!! Thank you so much for watching and sharing your stupendous results, hope you have a great week my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
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Thank you very much! We are glad to have you here with us, we truly appreciate it my friend. Have a fantastic day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
I am a believer. I have saved 5 batteries already. Yes, it does hold charges.Thank you!
Wonderful! Thanks for watching and sharing your great results Tim! Have a fantastic day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Tim - have you tried this with smaller batteries?
can i use any dc welder
Hey can I try this with something else elif you don't have a welder? I mean I have a big Miller but my 220 extension cord is too short
@@faisalfaixal2376 if you can control the voltage, and keep it under 16 volts, 13-14 v being ideal, and you can use anywhere from 30-200 amps if needed to "wake it up".
Great video, a welder as well as a battery charger, "two birds with one stone" comes to mind, keep up the good work, Paul from the other side of the pond.
Glad you liked it Paul! Thanks for watching and sharing, we appreciate it and welcome from across the pond :) Hope you have a fantastic weekend my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Nice idea using the dc welder
Julio is a keeper 👍
Would be great if you'd actually do a before and after test though
Hoolio is a keeper when he shows up or isn't on vacation LOL. Thanks Chris. No need for a before and after, we know it works, try it and you will see it does too. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Thanks for the great Info. And thanks to Julio for finding an even less expensive way to save your batteries at about half the cost of the other heavy duty charger. And I love that you can also use it for some welding.
Our pleasure rotfan77!! That is exactly why we did this update for viewers so they can do this more economical process and have a welder to use as well, it's a "win - win" :) Thank you so much for watching and sharing, hope you have a fantastic weekend my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Haha i have been mentioning these welders in different youtube channels a lot of late . They are the most robust power supply on the market and cheap as chips . A few channels are going to start re engineering them for different projects including tesla coils and and hho generator. Good work in spreading the word !
Thank you for watching and sharing. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Well all I can say is thank you for a great hack. I got the "red" 200 amp welder last week and this past weekend I had an old battery sitting in the shop since 2019,,,it had a 2016 battery date.
Went through the steps here on the video and when completed I put it on a trickle charger overnight. Came back the next afternoon and did a battery load test ( 3x to make sure I was actually getting a good reading )and it passed , it was Rock solid good. Now to go through the rest of my scrap batteries to see which ones will wake up.....but that one battery that has been revived just covered the cost of this welder. Thanks again for this great hack.
Awesome!! Glad we could help. Thank you for watching and sharing your results, we really appreciate it, have a great day my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
It worked!! I pulled two one reading .36v and I did 3 five min shock and it bumped it to 10 v but stoped to 7.5v after resting
Good deal, glad we could help you! Thanks for sharing. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
So, your 12v battery peaks at10v and drops back to 7.5v. What can it be used for now?
@Sweet Project Cars Just did another six deep cycle 6v that where dead (.5v) and they are now bubbling like a soda :) on the original cart charger. You truly have something here that not a lot of people know and i learned first hand. i got both of the welders and like you said on the video i used the red on my car battery that used to be 1.4 v and now is at 12.6v with plenty of cranking power and the smaller welder on a utility cart that has 6 6v deep cycle 225 ah batteries that where not charging when i would plug the charger. i noticed after running the shock treatment for only 2 min at 22 on the small welder the charger was able to recognize them and charge them again. After the shock treatment i connected everything back in the Cart and they registered and started charging then a couple min later the charger was showing that they where fully charged, i took it out for a spin and then a minute in and it died on me so i plugged it in for charge again and ones it was showing fully charged i took it out again and this time it run for about 15 min, now i plugged it again and its been charging for about 11 hours and the batteries are bubbling like a soda however its taking a way longer charge and the charger is still showing 2/6 charged which means the batteries just need to cycle. Again I'm very grateful for sharing your findings with all of us and id like to thank you again. By the way i use jumper cables to connect them and also learned a valuable lesson not to crank the power too high or it might fry your battery :) (i actually did fry a car battery from a jeep by cranking it to 200 and battery got really hot and few cells stopped working )
Hello from Argentina!! I love that tip. Will try it with a dead batery that i have and ley You know if it's work and came back from the death. Keep the good work and thanks for all your help to the diyers and afficionates!!
Thank you very much! Glad to have you with us from Argentina my friend. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Hooked Grandpa's old lead-acid golf cart batteries to my Miller Square wave 350 it worked wonderful been riding this golf cart around for weeks I did a 10-mile Loop the other day
Sweeeeet, Thomas! Thank you for watching and sharing your awesome results, we really appreciate it, have a fantastic day my friend and enjoy that golf cart. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Please note that its smart to insure that any ignition source is far away as the fumes are explosive.
Great vid.
Never knew you could do this though I suspected it might be possible.
As a mechanic for 40 years I could have done a lot of good had I known this back when I started.
Thankyou !
Thank you for watching and sharing Loren! Have a great weekend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
@@SweetProjectCars hi this is a great video! Just wondering on the welder to you have the negative coming from the positive plug coming from the welder or negative coming from the negative plug since they are reversible?
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Very true. Don’t clutch onto helpful tips, share them as it makes everyone richer in the long run.
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Hey Mad Mike, Thanks for the great video! CZcams is awesome for sharing knowledge for all us DIYers. My wife says I need to take a break from my addiction to it. But seriously, I have a half dozen golf cart batteries and slew of other batteries I never returned for cores over the years and if I can save them I may be able to treat her to a date night or two. Happy wife, happy life! So my question is, what makes one welder suitable for the deep cycle batteries and not standard batteries and vice versa? Do they operate differently or is it amperage or adjust ability? Thanks!
Well Scott, we like to take the guess work out for our viewers, we've tried and tested many, many different welders over the years on the different style batteries and our recommendations are what we know without a doubt work, and work every time and are safe for both you and your batteries. Thank you for watching and sharing, we truly appreciate our great subscribers like you, hope you have a fantastic day my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
I did the baking soda method and revived 2 out of 5 of the old batteries I had. I called it a success. Using the high powered welder to charge the battery instead of the normal trickle charger is genius. Thus taking away the need to use the baking soda to activate it.
No baking soda required, not necessary. Thanks for your comment. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Baking soda neutralizes sulfuric acid. In other words, it would take the electro out of electrolyte. Haha
I don't see how baking soda could activate a lead acid battery.
I have used water and baking soda to clean out an old battery.Kept flushing it until it no longer bubbled. Then thoroughly flushed out the battery with clean water. Should use distilled the last few times before refilling it. Charged it it for 24 hours on 2 amp and it worked for, well I don't know. I moved away 2 1/2 years later.
@@markmcconnell8705 Does that mean the heavy lead acid battery is then lyter?, lol.
@@markmcconnell8705 Did you have at least one dead cell before you cleaned out the battery and refilled it?
@@markmcconnell8705 Exactly. Battery killer.
I spent a weekend reviving 6 batteries after one took my wife to work, but was completely dead and would not bring her home again. I have a 200 Amp Tig Welder I used and it starts at 9 amps. The lowest setting worked for a few of them and only one did I have to turn up over 30 amps. I am pleasantly surprised this worked. Thanks for sharing. I was dreading having to replace the batteries for my diesel pickup.
Glad we could help my friend! Thank you for watching and for sharing your great results, we really appreciate it, hope you have a fantastic week. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Definitely trying this asap... this will help the battery situation since we're off grid😉thanks!👍🏻
Thank you very much. Have a fantastic day my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
I have to know. Are you like legit off grid were you can't get internet signal from home and you need to go towards the city to get internet connection. Or more like off the grid like solar power and your own batteries?
Solar and amenities for me but still off-grid 😅
Dude,once again you have totally amazed me.keep up the great vids.
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching and for your comment Jay! Happy New Year my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Much thanks. Now I have another use for my Arc welder that's been collecting dust ever since I got my Mig Welder.
Glad to help Douglas! Thank you for watching and sharing, have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Cool, saw this in the comments of your other battery video. Thanks for sharing the process 👍 hello from Kentucky mountains USA 👍
Thanks for watching! Hello Kentucky mountains, glad to have you with us! Happy New Year. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Thank you Mike! Interesting video update, and 1 question: could one use the 160 amp machine to do the big 12v battery's? I notice you never really cranked the gain on the 200amp except momentarily for demonstration, I have a 160 amp machine and I'm wondering. Thanks in advance!
Please follow the video to a T, there is no other alternative, use the exact same tools, products and method, we've spent years perfecting this process and we know that it is safe for both you and your batteries. Thanks for watching and asking, have a great week Rick. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Thank you for the great video. I tried your process and was able to get all the cells the boil except for the two ends. Any suggestions?
With this method, if you can't get all the cells to boil then the battery is un-repairable. Thank you for watching and asking. Have a great day Brian. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Awesome, i have all the stuff and a few very needed battery's to re boot. Thank you so much for the knowledge as im exited not to have to save up to get things going again 👊😉
Glad we could help daniel! Thank you so much for watching and sharing, we appreciate it. Have a great day my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Wow that's awesome to use that welder. I just gave you a thumbs up at 4.4k likes that you have. Thanks for the info. I will get one of those welders as I also always wanted to do some welding. Great to have you here in America you are one of the reasons it is getting gerat again. ;)
Thanks 👍 Glad it was helpful! Hope you have a fantastic day, thanks for being here with us. mad Mike the hammer SPC
I've been watching your videos since 2016. I have always been Absolutely Amazed at your great knowledge and experience. Thank you Very Much Sir. Simply The Best!
So nice of you Loren! Thank you for watching and for your kind words, makes all we do worth it. Have a great week my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Agreed
Thankyou for mentioning my name in all your videos. You the best !! love your channel.
Any time! LOL, thank you for watching and sharing Julio!! So glad to have you here with us my friend. Have a stupendous day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
It works for me. I used inventor stick welder. Its amazing! Thank you!
Great to hear Valters, glad it worked! Thank you for watching and sharing, we really appreciate it, have a fantastic day my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Thanks for the video, I got them both. What settings do I use for 12V RV/marine deep cycle batteries?
Start at the lowest, and work your way up as shown in the video. Follow the video to a T. Thanks. mad Mike the hammer SPC
thanks for the tip, mike...
i tried on my car 2 years old battery, because it was hesitant to start in the morning, using arc 160 dc welder, and it worked... been 3 days now..
just for info, i measured the charging voltage, it was 15.6 volts, on the lowest amps setting.
i used the schedule of 3 minutes on - 5 minutes off, 6 times, because i was cautious of the boiling acid, and the battery was very hot to touch.
Thank you for watching and sharing, we truly appreciate it my friend. Have a fantastic weekend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
The difference between the red and the yellow welder is duty cycle. The voltages and amperages are almost identical but the red one has a larger duty cycle. That means it can run longer at the higher amperage (say 100 amps). So if you really need to wake up a big boy battery (I found this out on an 8d…1400 cold cranking amps) with the yellow one you might time out the duty cycle before getting the full 5 minutes. Hope that helps, I see a lot of questions about it in the comments.
Thank you very much for your input, we really appreciate it my friend, hope you have a great week. mad Mike the hammer SPC
So would you want the larger one for a 12V Deep Cycle Group 31 100AH battery? ...or is the lower duty cycle one still fine because even though the reserve capacity is higher the cranking amps available is lower?
what settings did you use for the 8D battery? Still 5 minutes and 10 minutes off
What about voltage? no one says anything about it, what volts these stick dc welders output?
@@CHRIS75MASTER its known as the closed circuit voltage (CCV). For welders this size generally the DV voltage will be between 18-24 volts
Genius! Thanks for the tip!
Happy to help! Thanks so much for watching Erik! Have a great day my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Great stuff. I was really looking for this. Thanks for uploading this video.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching. Have a great day my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Would be great if you could do a load testing of the battery before and after. Thank you love your show.
We leave that to our viewers, we aren't out to prove anything, we share this because we know it works. Thanks for watching, we appreciate it, have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
I ordered the welder last week from Amazon and restored my battery today. I had one hole that was a little stubborn to bubble but after cranking up the power, it was resurrected.
Thank you for the video good sir!
Awesome, Aaron! Thank you so much for watching and sharing your results, great job my friend! Hope you have a fantastic day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Can you post the link from Amazon please ?
i tried this on my first battery. and yes, it works!
Excellent! Thank you for watching and sharing your great results Jonathan, we really appreciate it. Have a fantastic week my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Thank You, much likes from Canada !
Thank you very much, we appreciate your view and comment my friend. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Tnx for sharing sir. Battery companies wouldn't like that 🤣🤣🤣
you are very right
Hi Sweet Project Cars, just come here from the link you sent me from the other video, thank you for that. Trying my stick welder. The lead that would be attached to the body of the work, has a red rubber cover on the clip. I did put this on to the positive terminal. I noticed that your machine has a black handle on that part and you put it on the negative terminal. This would have been my intuitive way also. It is a very old battery and still have three other better one's to try. Anyway, it started bubbling, 2 at first, then up to 5. The battery got fairly hot. It is in a very breezy part of the carport. When it cools down, I might try the other polarity, and stand well clear, which I do anyway. It went from 4.3 v to 3.8 v. This is fun but I do take precautions seriously. Cheers.
Harry, this video shows specific welders that we use and only recommend, please follow the video to a T, there is no other alternative, use the exact same tools, products and method, we've spent years perfecting this process. It works flawlessly every single time using either of these welders for standard battery amzn.to/2K1UsWQ or deep cycle amzn.to/3yW4ihK Thanks for watching, have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Thanks a lot for the tip, works great on my BMW motorcycle battery, I saved around $300 dolars at least, the price varying about quality brand. Awesome 😎✌️
Nice work! Thank you so much for watching and sharing your results, we really appreciate it Southernacho! Hope you have a great day my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Hi, this was am amazing video to watch, I had a welder with input 220V 10A, output of 70V no load voltage, and 250Amp max, I used it for 5 mins then off for 10min, 5 times, the WELDER'S amps was about 100A,, the issue here is the battery was really hot, should i extend the time interval or what should i do,
Thanks
Our videos are very tool/product specific, you need to use what we recommend. Thanks for watching. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
I would suggest a simple voltage check with a meter before and after the process and a simple battery stress test as well. Those would affirm the process.
Well Tony, do as you wish, but we don't need to affirm anything to anyone because we've been doing this process for years and years and years and we know it works when done as shown and works every time. Thanks for watching. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Looking at the spec of the UK welder you have kindly provided, the welder operates at around 27 V, could a 24 V charger be used in place of the welder?
Give it a shot David, if it doesn't work for you, you know what you have to do. Thanks for watching, have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Stick welders are constant current (amps) power sources. Turn the dial to one amperage and it will put out exactly that amperage. When welding, the voltage will change to whatever is needed for the spark to jump the gap between the electrode stick and the work metal.
Normally in a battery, the gap between the plates either requires 2 volts to charge, or produces 2 volts.
Battery chargers are often sold in 2 amp, 6 amp, 12 amp models, and a few large ones only sold to garages around 80 amps. A typical stick welder runs at 120 amps for a 1/8" welding rod. So what these welders are doing is brute force charging and boiling the water underneath the sulfur scales coating the lead plates and breaking them off allowing the water in the cells to finally touch the plates.
So David Alton was asking about using a 24 volt charger instead of a welder with 27 volts peak capacity.
Just because his listed welder says 27v doesn't mean it is putting out 27v. If when welding, you pull your electrode away from the workpiece too far, the machine will increase the voltage to 27, and when your electrode is too far away for that to jump the gap, the machine shuts off.
If a battery is 12v, and you attach a 24v charger to it, it may or may not do anything different than a 12v charger. Depends in the amperage setting you turn the charger into.
Using 24v to charge a 12v battery won't do anything special.
Ordered my inverter welder today. Have bought pulse Tex maintainer which has been in place a couple years now. Not seen any real world improvement with it. Bought two more desulfator chargers with near endless hours ran on deep cycle batteries with very little improvement. This method looks promising but still up in the air about it. At I will have small stick welder that can be used portablely with genny. I’ll try this a couple times and if no improvement I will change out the electrolyte after boiling a couple times in distilled water. Also get specific gravity readings through out servicing. Thx for video
Happy to help Tommy! Thank you for watching and sharing, have a great day and all the best on your project my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
I have been using 12v unit adj to recover units for years.
I have been reviving batteries forever with non computer chargers.
Until this moment, I did not put them together. I am going to try. 2 to 200 amps, with full amp control. With the hf welder, extraction. I dont rich expensive gear. (I don't use cheap Chinese stuff for gold exstraction.)
After bringing them up some. I have found a pulse 4 amp charger that seems to restore them to 80 to 90 per capacity.
This a fantastic repair. thank mike
Thank you for watching and sharing, we appreciate the input Mike, have a fantastic weekend my friend. mad Mike
Thanks for the tutorial. I'm going to try it since I've a arc welder lying around
Thank you for watching and sharing. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
I'm not sure any old arc welder will do, it must be a DC welder, and I think the success of the inverter welder is it keeps things a little safer. the circuitry of an inverter welder will turn off on a dead short but it won't do that on a transformer welder, even if it is a DC version.
@@joesmith-dk3uz mine is inverter welder. I'll keep u update once I try it on my battery. Thank you for the reminder. 👍
@@joesmith-dk3uz I managed to revived my 6 years old motorcycle 12V lead acid battery.
Looks like the welder I have , is the red welder a sungoldpower 200A lift tig , were you using it on 110 or 220
It doesn't matter which you use, but we use it on 110 which is standard house voltage. Thanks for watching and asking. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
This is a great video, and I am a DIY guy. For me, sometimes it is just time vs money and the opportunity cost at which I will decide if it is worth it. Don't get me wrong, this is a great way to beat the system, but I will just replace it. Thanks for the video.... who knows when I might just do it.
And remember, you can do this for friends, family, neighbors, co-workers etc, so you have multiple options to help others as well to save $. Thank you for watching and sharing Rex, have a fantastic weekend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Dude you saved my entire day. Thank you so much for this.
Glad to hear it Vworks! Thank you for watching and sharing, have a fantastic day my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Will the cheaper wielder (Deckpro 160 Amp) work with 8V golf cart batteries? Love this video and hoping to make it work with my (6) 8 volt golf cart batteries…that would make my day! Thank you Sweet Project Cars for the time and effort you put into the video and all of your comments. 🙏🏼👍🏼💪🏼
Yes it will Kris! Just cut all timelines in half for that size battery, sorry for the delay in responding my friend, hope you have a fantastic day. mad Mike
I notice you have mentioned a few different inverters and looks like you tried a few. My questioned is which one do you like best for deep cycle and standard 12 volt. This video was made awhile back so would like your latest thoughts. I'm ready to get on the Mike train---Thank you and have a good week---Happy Trails
Welder for Deep Cycle ONLY 6 Volt & 12V Batteries amzn.to/3yW4ihK and we use this for all Standard 12-volt Batteries amzn.to/2K1UsWQ Hope this helps Monty, thanks so much for watching we appreciate it. Have a great week as well my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
@@SweetProjectCars Mad Mike--All I needed to know, Just sit back and watch the feathers fly, I'll pluck this chicken--Thanks again Boss and have a great week
Hi there, very instructive video thank you. Those welders don’t ship to down under. Can I just take the specs of the red/grey one and substitute a similar local model? Cheers.
We recommend this Peter czcams.com/video/VYtkn-N_p4s/video.html Thank you so much for watching my friend. Hope your day is the best Peter! mad Mike the hammer SPC
Thank you for the video.
I noticed the link for the Australian availability trade right welder is 180 amp, will this serve both battery types as it is inbetween 160amp for deep cell and 200 amp for 12 volt regular batteries?
Would 180 amp be ample for regular 12 volt batteries.
Thank you in advance
Australia has very limited tools to them, you can try this welder, it works on many wet-style batteries. Thanks for watching. mad Mike the hammer SPC
I have to say this video is very interesting.
Glad you think so! Thanks for watching. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Hello Mike , just watched your amazing video and many thanks for sharing your knowledge . Just few questions 1) can I use this technique to rejuvenate my 150AH Tall tubular 12V inverter batteries ? 2) what’s the voltage output from the welding machine . If it’s above 12v , is it ok to subject the batteries to higher voltage ? Thanks once again . Greetings from India 🇮🇳
Hello MEC, this can be done on any wet-style battery. Just set the welder on the lowest setting, then turn it up slowly until you get a consistent boil on each of the cells. Hope this helps. Thank you for watching and being here with us from India, we appreciate it. Have a great weekend my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
That looks like a nice procedure and I will try it on some batteries I have to do something with as I am tired of buying batteries for my vehicles and mowers.
Thank you for watching and sharing Sidney, have a great weekend and all the best on your project. mad Mike the hammer SPC
hi Sweet Project Cars. Thank you for the videos. I noticed the welder you recommended for the 6 volt deep cycle charging is no longer available. Could you elaborate on what characteristics would make a good welder choice, or help provide an alternate option? thank you!
This amzn.to/3svkTG1 is the one in the SHOW MORE and the one we use and recommend. Thanks for watching Doland. mad Mike the hammer SPC
@@SweetProjectCars I was wanting this question answered as well. Your link takes me to a can of spray lubricant on Amazon.
@@matthewb2060 Yes sir... it still shows the lub....not the welder
🤔WOW will be trying that next time 💪😁🇦🇺
Thanks Speed Freak! Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Great video thanks for the advice 🌹🌹
Glad it was helpful! Have a great day, thanks for watching. mad Mike the hammer SPC
From what I've seen on CZcams and tried myself minimum amps required to start bubbling is 50amps. However this amount will not be sufficient enough to desulfate the plates inside a lead acid battery. Also some batteries require a discharge before being put back to use. So go through this process and fully charge the battery then put a load to measure voltage drop and check where it settles (12.6V - load = resting voltage) light or actual load tester (tool) for a few seconds then remove the load and see if the voltage returns to 12+ V. It won't be the same as before the test but it is a good indicator that the battery is in functional state. Then proceed to discharge it approximately to around 10.5V then recharge it until full 12.6+V and should be good as new. Also like you replied some batteries are not capable of being reconditioned due to internal damage.
Thank you for watching and sharing, we appreciate your input Frankie! Have a fantastic week my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
I gotta thanks Julio for this idea
He's our mad scientist! Thanks for watching. Have a fantastic day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Thank YOU
I'm a little leery about trying this but trust you guys implicitly. If Mike says it works, then I'll follow Mike's instructions and give it a go. You've never steered me wrong before. Just one question, should I be mindful of the battery temperature while charging it this way?
Bruce, if you follow the video timelines exactly, you will have no issues. Thanks and have a great day my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Purchased the YESWELDER that you have in the link for deep cycles. Turning it on the first time it worked fined and got good bubbling for 5 minutes turned it off and waited 10 minutes but that was it, cannot get any bubbling to happen after that no matter what I do with the welder, checked the connections and they are fine. Used a multimeter to see if any voltage was going into the battery when turning on the welder and it would jump up to 18 volts and then drop down to the batteries 12 volt.
Try it on another battery to test and make sure the welder is working correctly. That's what we do. Thank you for watching and asking. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Which welder would you recommend to charge BOTH Deep Cycle 12 V batteries and normal 12 V Car Batteries? Would the 200 Amp welder be the one to use for both or the 160 Amp welder that you say to use on Deep Cycle batteries? John
Hello John, our videos are very product/tool specific, the recommended tools are listed in the SHOW MORE of the videos description. The reason we only recommend those specific welders is because they have been tried and tested by us in our over 40 years and have proven to work but most importantly are safe for both you and your batteries. Thank you for watching, have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Thank you for the information!
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching. Happy New Year. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Got the latest grey Amico welder (which is a nice little welder for sure) that was recommended took an old ancient Legend battery out of my friends barn which was totally dead and sitting on the bare ground for a long time in a frigid climate, hooked it up and turned the knob till it started boiling (about 90 amps or so) I followed the procedure to a "T" and after cooling I charged with a NAPA 2 amp trickle charge for 24 hours it did bring the battery up to the spot right between "replace" and "good" on the NAPA charge gauge and
I tried it quick on my 16 HP JD mower which it easily started again and again with no trouble.....I was wondering if Julio ever recommends doing the procedure twice or if there is any detriment to doing it twice if one winds up with a marginal result. Oh BTW a couple things I noticed was if you try a battery and it won't boil regardless of how hard you hit it including (200 amps) its toast take it to the junk yard as the physical electrical pathway internally has been compromised somehow also I had trouble with the battery boiling over as it became warmer about (125 degrees) this was easily corrected with my wife's turkey baster by extracting a little bit (she'll never miss it) LOL .......Julio what do you think? 2nd time around with the procedure? also I ordered the battery charger recommended but still waiting for it . I will follow up with how this works
Thank you so much for watching and for sharing your results Darrell! Hope you have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
yea you can do it more then once
Thank you for this tip!
You're so welcome! Thank you for watching and sharing, we truly appreciate it Derwin. Hope you have a great weekend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Amazing! I can't source the DEKOPRO welder in the UK - will other equivalent welders do the job? I have found a few 160A IGBT units, or does it have to be the specific DEKOPRO?
We recommend this amzn.to/3lamXiv for our UK viewers Sean. And remember, all of the products/tools we use in our videos can always be found in the SHOW MORE of the videos description,
if you can't find it let us know and we will help you. Thanks for watching. mad Mike the hammer SPC
For anyone that is stressing if their welder is able to do this or not you must have a DC inverter welder do not do this with a regular ac welder. The reason this works is because DC inverter welders send The amount of current to whatever you set it at, it automatically varies the voltage to meet that current demand. Where as a typical battery charger may be rated at 200a jump but what happens is that with all of this calcification it will raise the internal resistance of your battery. Let's say you put it in 200 amp jump mode, but its only outputting 14-16 volts or so by the time you calculate ohms law theoretically even if you're in 200 amp mode that charger will only be delivering only a few amps to your battery until the resistance is lowered by cranking on the starter which will allow the full 200a jump start to do it's job and will only then be able to deliver the 200amps but it goes directly to the starter. Now with the weld welder on the other hand, he doesn't give a crap about your batteries internal resistance. Because if your battery has a high internal resistance guess what? it's going to raise the voltage so that it can send the full amount of current that you set it to this is how it works. On mine I was watching as I was restoring my battery and in the beginning the voltage was as high as 66 volts and I was worried but this is how it works to break that crap up because in the beginning your battery has a very high resistance whereas a normal 200 amp battery charger starter wouldn't be able to save your battery this will
Thank you for watching and sharing Drew, have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
I bought the grey welder like the one u have in your channel, I don’t know what setting to set post flow . If u can pls help me with that part. Never used a welder
Hello Adrian, set the dial to the lowest setting then slowly turn it up until the battery starts to boil, once the battery is boiling rapidly follow the video instructions. Thanks. mad Mike the hammer SPC
I believe your question is about the polarity of the leads as they leave the welder. I would have to say that following the batteries flow of electrons is what should be followed. So negative to negative positive to positive, this is also standard polarity for welding, reverse polarity creates different welding characteristics however I wouldn’t recommend trying it with your battery. If the battery has any charge placed under reverse polarity you would effectively just be discharging the battery.
Post flow is used in tig welding you don't need it in this usage.
Muy buen video. Acabo de ver tus dos vídeos sobre como revivir baterías, es algo nuevo para mi y lo voy a poner en práctica. Vivo en MExicali Baja California frontera con Calexico California aquí también hace mucho calor hasta 50 grados centígrados en verano. Saludos a Julio Rodríguez así se llamaba mi papá.
¡Muchas gracias por compartir y por tu comentario! ¡Es un placer ayudarlo! Que tengas un día fantástico amigo mío. loco Mike el martillo SPC
Thanks bro! God bless!
You're welcome! Thank you very much, we appreciate it! Have a great day my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Brilliant,,, Again!
Thank you very much, it's our pleasure to help. Hope you have a fantastic day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
when you were doing this recharging what is the difference between welders that make them only suitable for certain types of batteries. If you purchased only one and tried to use it for both what would happen. I'm not familiar with the charging of different types of batteries and am sure I'm not alone. Thanks
The yellow is for 6v because it's lower power, the red one is more amperage for 12v, trust us, you do not want to switch them up. Thanks Brian! Have a great night. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Hi, thank you for the videos, all very interesting and helpful.
Is there a solution of any kind for AGM battery? Since the invention of start/stop system in cars we’re all stuck with the AGM type battery and it’s becoming bit of a pain replacing a AGM battery as it’s a little more costly than the led acid type. I’m sure It would be greatly appreciated by everyone if you have any solutions to share with us... thanks, stay safe and well..
Not at this time my friend, Hoolio is busy in the lab working on it though. Thank you for watching and asking. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Apart from "Lifeline" brand no AGM battery manufacturers say you can use an excessive "equalising" charge on AGM batteries. I don't think it's good to go above 15 v for a 12v AGM. Telecoms and other large companies have added "cat vents" to AGM batteries plus distilled water , as AGMs can and do dry out. They are absorbed electrolyte batteries, and the trouble with many You Tube videos is that they show far too much distilled water added to the (often little grey) AGM cells, turning them into wet cells that won't have much capacity or last long. I have INJECTED fairly small amounts of distilled water into large but poor AGMs, and often improved them using the sort of syringe often used to replenish ink cartridges, then re-sealing the tiny holes. Once fully charged, a C/20 discharge test over hours is the best way to see how well an AGM has improved, though a conductance meter test of before and after using such as a Midtronics tester can give some idea as to if adding the distilled water has helped much. Don't go above about 14.4 v for a 12 v GEL (thick jelly electrolyte) battery, or you will soon ruin it. You Tube videos claiming a battery is now OK just because it may read 12.7 volts or more open-circuit are meaningless. Adding epsom salts or other chemicals is usually just a temporary fix , but on totally useless batteries it might give some extra useful life for say, car starting for a while until the battery is finally scrapped.
@@michaelthomas3105 great comment. What exactly is the reason why most batteries lead/acid eventually go bad for good and can they actually be “revived”?
@@michaelthomas3105 So how do you know how much distilled water to add? I have a 12 V AGM motorcycle battery from 2018 that doesn't seem to hold a charge anymore but I've heard that this restoring process will ruin them. Any ideas on how to restore one?
Pulsing. I have had awesome success with pulse chargers so far with AGM batteries. Until someone can make them last longer than 7 years I will use their method but so far I made a used NAPA battery last that long and is my go to on all of the others.
I did this with a deep cycle 12 V boat battery today using the recommended Deko welding machine and it restored it back to new condition. Hope it lasts awhile.
Glad to hear it dawgduo! Great work my friend! Thank you for watching and sharing your results, we really appreciate it, hope you have a fantastic week. mad Mike the hammer SPC
I would like to know which welder was reccomended for 12 volt batteries, the red welder is an arc-200, but who makes it??thanks
We recommend this amzn.to/2K1UsWQ Hope this helps, have a great day and thanks for watching. mad Mike the hammer SPC
What is the dc output voltage spec for each welder you are using? I assume the welder will output a voltage much greater than 12v but that doesn't seem to damage the battery.
Here are the links to all of the recommended welders Dale, read away my friend. Thanks for watching. mad Mike the hammer SPC Welder for Deep Cycle ONLY 6 Volt & 12V Batteries amzn.to/3yW4ihK or amzn.to/30k7YNg
Use This for all Standard 12-volt Batteries amzn.to/2K1UsWQ
***If the above welder is unavailable, either one of these will work **amzn.to/3mqhebK** or **amzn.to/3sH4COq** ***
I'm amazed and also speechless ....... Hats off my friend
Our pleasure my friend! Thank you so much for watching, we appreciate it. Have a fantastic day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
I have another question, I have used the 200amp welder that you personally recommended on my 12v very heavy duty battery, this battery has a cranking amps of 1000. After hooking it up and putting my clamp meter on it, its only pushing anywhere from .8 amps up to 2.7amps. I used this on another battery that has a CA of 550, and as soon as I turn it on the water boils. I put my clamp meter on it and it states that the welder is pushing 37amps. Can you tell me if my reading on the first battery is an indication that it is dead and cannot be revived? Why will this work on one and not the other? I thought you stated this works on all batteries? Also on the battery this is not working on, the positive terminal gets very hot while the negative terminal stays cool.
Now after doing this method, is there a certain rest time for the battery? If so how long before the battery can be put on the charger to fully charge the battery?
Do this process up to 5 times in a weeks span before you rule the battery out as junk. Some batteries don't wake up too easy, much like a 14 year old kid. :) Thanks for asking and watching my friend. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
@@SweetProjectCars Ok I will do this once a day for a week before ruling the battery junk or good. Just an fyi I have already saved about $1k in batteries using this method. I even revived a 12yr old battery doing this. Thanks again.
Can you use any welder or does it have to be those small ones Princeton say I have a big Lincoln 180 HD could I possibly use that
Hi Rick, you can use whatever you want to use, we are just sharing what we have tried and tested that gives the desired positive results. Thanks for watching. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
If you have all cells bubbling fast from the start and you complete your whole process one time is there any use to do the whole process again and if so what keeps improving or will it start to do damage.
You do it until you are satisfied with the battery result, sometimes it will wake it up after one time doing the process, some take 2 or 3 times. Thanks Calvin. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Lol I did this several years ago. Totally worked for me. I literally held my tungsten on one side and put my ground clamp on the other. I watched my voltage and did bursts of power rolling on and off in 5 second intervals. Did it for about 5 min
Awesome Brian! Thank you for watching and sharing, we truly appreciate it. Have a great day my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Julio, you have proved me wrong again. I revived a dead battery with this process. Now I just need to see how long it holds up. Thanks!
Glad to hear Z71! Thank you for watching and sharing your results, have a great day my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Always wanted a welder. This is my excuse to buy one!
Absolutely! Thank you so much for watching and sharing, we truly appreciate it. Have a great day my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Nice video, but one correction the meter is reading amps not volts. The voltage output in the yellow is about 20.8v to to 26v.
Thank you for watching and sharing Adam. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Sur can you please tell me if this will work with a mig welder I have a Lincoln mig but I do have a big battery charger that is probably about 200 amps I use it starting my vehicles when the batterys die and it will crank diesel engines too could you please tell me if my big battery charger will work or my mig welder I am tired of buying battery's thanks.
Shawn, yes, if you have a big battery charger and can get the batteries to boil, it will work. Thanks for asking and watching. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Hi there ,thanks for your amazing videos. I tried the welder method so the battery cell did boiled a lot, but I couldn't get the battery to keep the charge. I had the welder at 70 amps because I couldn't get it any higher because my breaker with pop up.do the amps need to go higher. Thanks
Hello Domingo, you can do the complete 5 step process up to 5 times, if it doesn't hold after that, your battery is toast my friend. Thanks for watching and sharing, have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC
I have 12 x 2v sealed Forklift batteries running off grid in UK. Would I have to do three or six in series to carry out this process? Or could I do individually? Thanks Love you your site
You can do them individually, just cut the timelines in half, but if you can run a bunch of batteries in a series to get to 6v or 12v do it. Thanks for asking and watching! Have a great day my friend. mad Mike the hammer SPC
I got a question, can i use any electronic welder??? I got the cheap one from harbor freight will that work???
Do you have a DC clamp meter? If so, I'm curious what the amp reading is on the lowest setting.
Go ahead and give this video a shot you can find out all the amp readings you want. It's fun to investigate. Thanks. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Thank you for the video, can I apply the same method to revive 8 volt golf cart batteries?
Would the red welder also work for 12v lawn&garden batteries EX; U1 group? Or too much amperage for that size battery?
The yellow welder is the one you will want to use for 6v batteries, the red welder is for 12v batteries. Also, make sure you recap and unplug the welder before disconnecting the cables. Thanks for asking. Have a great day Aaron. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Which welder would I buy for larger batteries out of heavy equipment and trucks? They are 12V flooded lead acid batteries built the same as standard car batteries, but 2-6 times larger.
Use the one for standard 12v, everything is the same for that size battery my friend. Thanks for watching. mad Mike
You had me when you said "Juilio"came up with this idea!
Thanks Al! Hoolio does have some good ideas once in a while :) Have a great day, thanks for watching. mad Mike the hammer SPC
Way to go Hoolio!!!👍
Hey guys I got the rohr mini 220pi which you recommended. I have it at 20 amps on a 70ah 12v leisure battery and it's bubbling away. Does this mean the battery is ok? I thought it was dead.
It does cuan! Follow the process to a T as shown, sounds like it's working. Thanks for watching and asking my friend. Have a great day. mad Mike the hammer SPC