NinerBikes wrote:
BFL13 wrote:
When "recovering" beat up batteries with my VEC1093DBD, I have found that Equalizing (raises voltage) works up to a point, then SG stops rising. I then run a few Reconditioning cycles (voltage does not rise--some pulsing thing happens for 24 hrs a go) and then run another Equalize. This time the SG gets up a bit higher than last time.
I have done this many times now on various beat up batteries and am convinced that the Reconditioning "loosens up" things so the recovery using Equalize can advance some more. YMMV.
How deep a discharge or SOC do you go to first before doing this Reconditioning /Equalizing routine a few times to tune your battery up?
You get the batteries to "full" first before doing R or E. How far down they were before being brought to full doesn't matter I suppose, but in general the true deep cycle battery likes a good workout every so often by being deep cycled as with a 50-90 when camping.
After camping, then at home I recharge to full then do an E. If at home for a month on Float I do an E just to stir them up since my float charger is just a fixed voltage type.
If the batts are beat up and the SG does not come back with an E then I use the alternating R/E trick like I did with those T-1275s last year. Now they are in good shape I don't use the R, just the E as described above.
