The reason that I started this discussion was that I lost an order to a customer who bought a "Renewed" battery and I couldn't find anyone in the battery business who could figure out what "magical" thing that could be done to significantly increase the life of a know bad (spell that SPENT) battery. I'm sure those that are in the renewal business feel that the manufacturers feel they are a threat and therefore won't acknowlege that a battery can be "renewed". I choose not to believe that.

It is ironic that these battery re-lifers have proliferated since the economy started its downward spiral. Unfortunatley, one of the victims of a bad economy is customers who buy from companies that tell them what they want to hear. It's too bad for them and it's too bad for us.

I know that the anti sulfation process is different than "rebuilding" a battery. The battery "rebuilders" have been around for a while longer. But to me rebuilding a 48 volt battery by putiing 3 used cells in it is the equivalent of re-ringing 3 cylinders in a 24 cylinder engine that has a half a million miles on it. Who would ever consider that the engine is rebuilt?

My other problem with the battery "Re-Lifers" is that the only forklift people that I know of that sell their batteries have less than stellar reputations.