Jim Dunmyer wrote in a message to Alec Cameron:
 >AC> Discharge/ recharge is a works remedy for increasing the stored 
 >AC> energy. It works. When we used to factory-test a new battery 
 > 
 >RJ> Ok,  makes some sense to me,  though in one way of looking at it that's
 >RJ> adding wear and tear to the battery...
 > 
 > It certainly does *BUT* the alternative is rejection of the finished 
 > battery.
 JD> I've read on more than one occassion that a new lead-acid 
 JD> battery won't provide peak power until after a few 
 JD> discharge/charge cycles. Not necessarily run flat, mind you, 
 JD> just run down a ways, then recharged.
I'll bet that something physical happens to the plates,  during that process, 
that doesn't happen during the manufacture.
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