> I'm not that crazy about those ideas either,  and frankly I 
> don't understand how it is that he can warranty stuff like 
> that,  not after seeing all those junks that I had come into my 
> store...
 BB> I get a lot of junks too. But that makes me wonder about a 
 BB> product that used to be on the market many years ago called 
 BB> VX-6 that was supposed to do something to help old batteries 
 BB> rejuvenate. The product is not on the market anymore but I 
 BB> still see a bottle or two on garage sales on rare occasions. I 
 BB> wonder if the stuff was any good or whether it was just lack of 
 BB> interest on the part of consumers that caused the demise of the 
 BB> product. I also wonder what might have been in the product 
 BB> chemically speaking and whether or not there is any chemical or 
 BB> process that would help to reduce the number of batteries one 
 BB> has to throw away.
I don't recognize the name offhand,  but I have from time to time seen 
products in auto parts stores and elswhere that claimed to help you out with 
older batteries.
I've *never* heard of anything of that sort working the way it should.
Usually when you've got a battery that's no good any more the reason behind 
it is that there's some physical problem -- whether it's sulfation,  a bad 
connection,  a shorted cell,  or simply a matter of enough plate material 
having flaked off over the years that it's not going to give you what it did 
when it was new.  But there's no way I can see that any "stuff" you put into 
a battery is going to "rejuvenate" it...
Best way I know of to get longevity with a battery is to keep it charged,  to 
not expose it to a lot of vibration,  to keep the electrolyte levels where 
they're suppsed to be,  and similar stuff.  Even then you'll find that any 
battery is only going to last so many years.
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