What Should do if Leas Acid Car Battery Has Been Left Unused for a Long Time and is Now Dead

An unused sealed maintenance-free lead car battery run down after lying for a long time will appear dead. Unlike lithium batteries that can become destroyed by being completely depleted or dry charged batteries which have replaceable electrolyte, sealed maintenance-free lead acid cells are not an "all is lost" scenario but special treatment is required to recover them. At Jozoking (Tianjin) Technology Co, Ltd., we know what it takes to find dependable solutions for power storage problems like reviving all but dead batteries quickly and safely.

Knowing Your Battery- Sealed (Maintenance Free, Lead Acid)

The maintenance-free, sealed lead acid battery is safe and easy to use with no additional water or electrolyte levels to check. However, if such a battery is left idle for an extended period due to self-discharge and sulfation, sulfate crystals may form on the plates thereby diminishing performance. Start by checking the battery. If the battery case is undamaged and has not been leaking liberally, it may be able to be restored. Unlike with lithium cells, which an often die permanently when fully discharged, or regular batteries where electrolyte can be refilled, your sealed battery has a design that requires little maintenance, but the option of bouncing back on most occasions.

How to bring your battery back to life safely

Unless the electrolyte level has run dry — which you can’t directly determine in a sealed battery, only guess at based on the battery’s history and appearance — you may be able to jump-start it with another battery or apply the services of a dedicated charger. Connect the positive of the good battery to the positive of the dead and do like wise with negative then let it transfer charge for a few minutes. This process may dissolve small level of sulfation and bring back some capacity. Here, at Jozoking everything is about this and we urge you to us only high quality products for that because incorrect connections or overcharging can result in dangerous. If there is a charge left, do not leave your battery in this condition or eventually it will die, instead allow the battery to cool and recharge the same day with a good quality smart charger.

When to Consider Replacement

If battery has experienced major electrolyte loss or internal damage, which is likely if the battery will not hold a charge after attempting to reactivate it, then replacement is the only safe course of action. For sealed maintenance-free batteries that aren’t intended to have their electrolyte refilled, attempting to recover a deeply-discharged or abused battery could result in substandard performance or create an unsafe situation. As a pioneer in innovative power solutions, Jozoking (Tianjin) Technology Co., Ltd. suggests customers to consider safety and efficiency by choosing a new battery if reactivating the existing one is unsuccessful so that their cars remain dependable on the road.

So to sum up, it is worth trying to jump-start or charge a dead sealed maintenance-free lead acid battery carefully because in many cases this can still bring them back to life, but the worse case situation would be where these car batteries simply must be replaced. With these basics, you can make intelligent decisions to ensure your power systems run smoothly.