QUESTION:
What percentage of batteries can be reconditioned?

ANSWER:
The percentage will vary considerably, depending on the seasons, your business location and your sources of supply. For instance, during the hot summer months, a lot of batteries become short circuit. Since we do not normally lose time trying to recondition batteries that have this kind of damage, the percentage of recuperation will be different in the summer months.

In addition, as an example, if you are obtaining your supplies of used batteries from scrap yards, the rate of success will be much lower because those businesses do not, as a rule, take considerable precautions regarding proper handling and storage of batteries.

But for those who obtain supplies from the right sources, and provided they work conscientiously, it is common to see a rate of recuperation in excess of 50% of batteries treated.

QUESTION:
Is there really a market for resale?

ANSWER:
Of course there is. How could it possibly be otherwise. Reconditioned batteries are sold for approximately forty to fifty percent of the price of new batteries. They usually carry a warranty of 6 months to one year. What would you do if you were offered the alternative? The fact is that you will probably never have enough supplies to meet demands if you operate an honest business and establish a good reputation.

QUESTION:
What is sulphating?

ANSWER:
Sulphating is probably the main cause of battery failure and it is probably the most common kind of damage that batteries suffer from. First off, you should know that sulphating is caused by a normal chemical reaction of lead and acid when a battery is charged and not operated. All charged batteries, that are left idle produce sulphating.

The best image we can offer you is a comparison with sugar. When sugar is placed in water and boiled, the sugar is melted and becomes totally liquid. If you let it rest and cool down long enough, some parts of the sugar will crystallize and become solid again. And if you want it to become totally liquid again, you must boil it again.

The phenomena is much the same with batteries. When they are charged and unused, sulphation will cause the acid to partly crystallize. In some cases, the salt portion of the acid will stick to the lead plates. When this happens, conductivity of the electrolyte is affected and resistance to the normal capacity of the battery to absorb a charge is reduced. Unless the battery receives a special treatment, this process is irreversible. In fact, the more you fast charge the battery, the worse it gets.

Because of this, it is common to see batteries that have lost 15% to 35% of their capacity to absorb a charge. The result is that those batteries function at 65% to 85% of their capacity, and they will not regain their full operating capacity unless they get proper treatment. For those who know how to go about it, and provided they use proper technology, very often, this is what battery reconditioning is all about.

QUESTION:
What is the duration of warranties for reconditioned batteries?

ANSWER:
Most used auto parts retailers give 90 days warranties. Because of the quality of the BATTERIES TECH 2000 system, we have always recommended periods of six to twelve months. And users of this system, have normally had rates of returns below 5%.

QUESTION:
Why do service stations and battery retailers remove so many good batteries?

ANSWER:
Sale of batteries in most service stations represents a very small percentage of total sales activities for that business. The average service station sells between 50 to 100 batteries a year. It stands to reason that this kind of volume does not justify the acquisition of expensive testing and reconditioning equipment. For the same reasons, it would hardly be justified to develop considerable special expertise with respect to those products. The result is simply that the vast majority of service stations have only the equipment and tools necessary to test and replace batteries.

QUESTION:
Why don't all battery retailers do battery reconditioning?

ANSWER:
That is probably the best question of all. But seriously, some just do not have the working space for it. Others just do not have the interest. But when you look at it seriously, it is a fact that all those who sell an important enough volume of new batteries should be equipped to recondition them.

QUESTION:
What experience do you need to get into battery reconditioning?

ANSWER:
Basically, experience is not a necessity. In fact, anyone with average intelligence and average abilities can learn the basics in a few hours. We have trained many persons starting from scratch, and in general, within 2 to 3 days, they were able to perform most of the work by themselves.

When we sell equipment, we offer technical support, either by phone or in person for as long as needed. But as a rule, requests for assistance have been very few. If this is a tribute to the quality of the informations provided in our Informations Manual, we humbly accept it.

QUESTION:
How profitable is a business of battery reconditioning?

ANSWER:
A lot will depend on the way you operate your business of course, but consider the following : The equipment sold by BATTERIES TECH 2000 can recondition 10 batteries per period of 20 hours. It takes one to two hours to set up a treatment and once the system is in operations, you do not need to be present. So operations can take place around the clock seven days a week. If this was the case, and considering a rate of recuperation of 50%, you could produce 35 good batteries per week, or 1820 units per year.

Since the average retail selling price of a reconditioned battery is $30, one reconditionner would generate $54,600 a year.

What expenses do you have ? How many machines can you operate ? How many hours a week do you want to work ?

You have here all the information you need to establish your own profitability.