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wa8yxm
May 24, 2018Explorer III
What "Old schoool" Converter charger do you have.
ONE: (Magnetek) was noted for boiling batteries dry fairly swiftly But this unit insists on either a battery or a "Battery Simulator" being installed. The latter is now-a-days known as a "Hardening Cap" or "Hardening Condenser" from high end auto audio stores.
New converters like the Parallex 7300 (Which is the current replaement for the old one I just mentioned) do not (usually) damage the batteries like the old one did.
Of course if you have something like a Progressive Dynamics 9200 (stand alone) or 4600 (Replacement for the ELECTRONICS portion of a combined Converter/power panel) .. Well better it does not get.
ONE: (Magnetek) was noted for boiling batteries dry fairly swiftly But this unit insists on either a battery or a "Battery Simulator" being installed. The latter is now-a-days known as a "Hardening Cap" or "Hardening Condenser" from high end auto audio stores.
New converters like the Parallex 7300 (Which is the current replaement for the old one I just mentioned) do not (usually) damage the batteries like the old one did.
Of course if you have something like a Progressive Dynamics 9200 (stand alone) or 4600 (Replacement for the ELECTRONICS portion of a combined Converter/power panel) .. Well better it does not get.
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