CHARGING TERMS Bulk/Absorbsion/Float
Lots of confusion about these three terms. Let's simplify things a little. We have a TWO STAGE CHARGER. The main charger and a float. Not a three stage, that's a bunch of marketing hooey. The MA...
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No paisley shirts and fluorescent ties allowed in the lab.
My company challenged Technobabble for our clients. One of whom as an example, paid four thousand dollars, and furnished quite a bit of gift material to establish if yes or no an OEM's claim of "Miracle Selenium Plate Alloy" affected either the 5 hour or 20 hour amperage rate. We were given 12 batteries. Six with the selenium and 6 without. A total of (16) 80% DOD exercises were performed. I merely handed the customer the results of the exercise. The sixteen L-16's went to a good cause.
US Borax (named because they were so rude on site) challenged a vendor that their 8D battery was "junk". Do something or we're going to find another vendor.
I found out on site their Terex Titans with massive lighting systems were DOD'ing batteries anywhere from 50 to 95 percent due to inadequate drive pulley ratios on 24 volt alternators rendering 11 mps charge rate at engine idle. The machines spent 70% of their shift idling. I recommended they switch to the Leece-Neville 3825JA alternator, a bolt-on swap. it would have increased idle amperage to around 55 (as seen on my test bench).
A sneering foul-mouthed maintenance supervisor started spouting garbage. I turned to the vendor and said "Every second you spend with this outfit is a waste of money" We departed. Such situations were an important percentage of my income. Time spent: a little over five hours. Gross income three thousand dollars.
My company challenged Technobabble for our clients. One of whom as an example, paid four thousand dollars, and furnished quite a bit of gift material to establish if yes or no an OEM's claim of "Miracle Selenium Plate Alloy" affected either the 5 hour or 20 hour amperage rate. We were given 12 batteries. Six with the selenium and 6 without. A total of (16) 80% DOD exercises were performed. I merely handed the customer the results of the exercise. The sixteen L-16's went to a good cause.
US Borax (named because they were so rude on site) challenged a vendor that their 8D battery was "junk". Do something or we're going to find another vendor.
I found out on site their Terex Titans with massive lighting systems were DOD'ing batteries anywhere from 50 to 95 percent due to inadequate drive pulley ratios on 24 volt alternators rendering 11 mps charge rate at engine idle. The machines spent 70% of their shift idling. I recommended they switch to the Leece-Neville 3825JA alternator, a bolt-on swap. it would have increased idle amperage to around 55 (as seen on my test bench).
A sneering foul-mouthed maintenance supervisor started spouting garbage. I turned to the vendor and said "Every second you spend with this outfit is a waste of money" We departed. Such situations were an important percentage of my income. Time spent: a little over five hours. Gross income three thousand dollars.
