Battery Destroyers Rejoice
Instead of demanding ALL portable battery chargers to have a simple mechanical wind up timer, this is what the failed lawyers and for- purchase-engineers, ended up implementing 8 years ago in Californ...
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It's the CONTROL of the charge that is double digit IQ limited. NO BATTERY CHARGER IS ALLOWED TO BE PROGRAMMABLE BY THE USER.
I don't like transformers either.
The baffle-em-with-******** legalize is intentional. I still have contacts in the battery industry and since that legislation went into effect battery warranties have increased at one company over 20% and this means MORE MONEY FOR DESTROYING something. It is NO JOKE that legislation is being examined to limit ALL heating and cooling thermostats to 70 heat and 76 cool. And do away with manual thermostats altogether.
Mexico does not allow the sale of uncontrolled battery chargers. Schumacher wheeled chargers had to switch to wind-up timers that do not have HOLD settings.
I hate to tell you what THAT implies.
TELL ME TELL ME TELL ME
How to equalize a flooded sulfated battery with a smart charger...Hmmm? Pressing the equalize button takes the voltage to NORMAL CAR CHARGING VOLTAGE for fifteen minutes then resumes sulfating the battery until the battery rolls over with it's tongue hanging out.
No one is interested in longevity anymore. Not to the point of condemning government regulations. Mexico is infamous for erecting new laws because for the last 500 years the highest personal aspiration was to become a bureaucrat. MOST of this legislative nonsense is ignored, but if they want to screw someone bad enough they will dig deep and then that person gets augured.
(Technical)
I have added push and pull fans to Megawatts, substituted Panasonic capacitors and replaced original 20 amp 75 volt rated rectifiers with 80 amp 150 volt rated schottky rectifiers.
Then ran them full out for 5-days on 95 degree days through a resistor that 101% loaded them. REVERSED THE POLARITY AT 50 volts. They are bulletproof except for water. I paid the price on the next electric bill.
The quest for excellence in consumer appliance product longevity is DEAD. GONE. HISTORY. To vastly improve the lifespan perhaps a hundred dollars each (for an automobile) would be a superb investment. To a million unit auto manufacturer a hundred million dollars would justify a hit squad to investors.
I don't like transformers either.
The baffle-em-with-******** legalize is intentional. I still have contacts in the battery industry and since that legislation went into effect battery warranties have increased at one company over 20% and this means MORE MONEY FOR DESTROYING something. It is NO JOKE that legislation is being examined to limit ALL heating and cooling thermostats to 70 heat and 76 cool. And do away with manual thermostats altogether.
Mexico does not allow the sale of uncontrolled battery chargers. Schumacher wheeled chargers had to switch to wind-up timers that do not have HOLD settings.
I hate to tell you what THAT implies.
TELL ME TELL ME TELL ME
How to equalize a flooded sulfated battery with a smart charger...Hmmm? Pressing the equalize button takes the voltage to NORMAL CAR CHARGING VOLTAGE for fifteen minutes then resumes sulfating the battery until the battery rolls over with it's tongue hanging out.
No one is interested in longevity anymore. Not to the point of condemning government regulations. Mexico is infamous for erecting new laws because for the last 500 years the highest personal aspiration was to become a bureaucrat. MOST of this legislative nonsense is ignored, but if they want to screw someone bad enough they will dig deep and then that person gets augured.
(Technical)
I have added push and pull fans to Megawatts, substituted Panasonic capacitors and replaced original 20 amp 75 volt rated rectifiers with 80 amp 150 volt rated schottky rectifiers.
Then ran them full out for 5-days on 95 degree days through a resistor that 101% loaded them. REVERSED THE POLARITY AT 50 volts. They are bulletproof except for water. I paid the price on the next electric bill.
The quest for excellence in consumer appliance product longevity is DEAD. GONE. HISTORY. To vastly improve the lifespan perhaps a hundred dollars each (for an automobile) would be a superb investment. To a million unit auto manufacturer a hundred million dollars would justify a hit squad to investors.
