Battery Equalization
OK first Happy Thanksgiving. Now I have a truck camper with two 6 volt batteries. I need to purchase a battery charger the puts out at least 15 volts for equalization. Does anyone know which charger...
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mike-uswest wrote:
On the 1093, isn't it the reconditioning that blows the sulfate off the plates, and the equalization just stirs up the fluids to stop stratification?
Mike
The Reconditioning is a pulse type charge at a certain frequency that is supposed to destroy sulphate. It does not raise battery voltage while running. It runs for 20-24hrs and then you can run another cycle for a second day. They say if you do it for three days and no change then don't bother anymore, but I have gone more days than that.
The Equalize is the other way, where you raise battery voltage and try to get all cells to the same SG at 15.7v. As a by-product it also will desulphate.
I have discovered when nursing beat- up batteries back to passable, that alternating the two methods works well. You Equalize until SG won't rise any more after a couple equalize sessions, then do a day or two of Recondition, then go back and do another Equalize and now your SG will go a bit higher. Repeat as required.
R seems to loosen things up so E can get more done. Eventually you are as far as you can get, so Float them.
