The problem is not the lack of electrolyte, but the simple fact that as the battery ages, sulfate and plate material falls to the bottom until it builds up to the plates and shorts them out. Even if you could get this crud out of the bottom of the battery, you still have the worn-out plates to deal with. Simply speaking, when you charge a battery, you are actually dissolving the plates. This is necessary to reorganize the protons and electrons so the battery is in "a state of charge". If the battery is heating when you charge it, the game is nearly over. Charge troublesome batteries outside in case they explode while burning through a short. Also disconnect the power before removing the charger clips, lest you make a spark and the battery explodes. After getting away with it for thirty years, I've had several go off on me during the last two years, one of them cost me my hearing for the day. Nowadays, my batteries become door stops when they turn up dead a couple times.
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