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I asked the same question from our local guy who sell what he calls "blem" batteries. Their process is a bit more involved. He washes them with a hose and brush, then cleans the terminals, THEN he charges them. He will let you pick and test if you bring your own tester however.
> > First, have a seat and let me tell you a little story about "refurbished" > batteries. > > Several years back I went to a local battery dealer to buy a SLI battery for > Margaret's ICEV. I got to chatting with the kid fetching my battery. This > shop is located in -- shall we say -- a somewhat less prosperous area. It > did a big business in $20 "refurbished" batteries for the mid-1970s vintage > Detroit-iron land yachts that used to ply the streets over there right into > the early 2000s. > > So I asked the guy, "Just how DO you refurbish a battery?" "We > charge it," he replied. > > I would be really careful of "refurbished" batteries. Know what I mean? > |