DIY lead acid batteries.

This site is dedicated to the construction, re-construction and recycling of lead acid batteries.

Lead acid batteries have been around for a very long time but not much has changed since it's invention in 1859.
The construction of a lead acid battery is very simple and given the appropriate information and a little care with construction - tough and reliable lead acid batteries can be produced at home.
The batteries described here are mainly for stationary deep cycle type applications although SLI (starting, lighting and ignition) batteries could also be constructed from the information given I have not included any constructional details for building them.



It is possible to build reliable and tough high capacity deep cycle lead acid batteries.

Materials are easily obtained and are cheap.

Above is a picture of the first Plante type cell I built. Although small (about the size of 2 cigarette packs) it could provide quite a punch. Details here