Determining AH rating of aging batteries
My Trojan 125's are almost 5 years old now, when they were new they were rated at 240 Ah. Now my trimetric is showing 70% at 12.1 volts which I know is wrong. So how can I determine the true Ah rati...
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Stubborn batteries laugh at newer "gizmo" chargers that have lights, buzzers and power windows.
"Eight equalize cycles and the cell partially recovered?"
The original Harbor Fright 10-amp manual charger was unique. No longer available. People want a plug and play life these days. Too bad reality sticks it foot out and sends the dreamers sprawling. Customer demand. "I won't buy it unless it's automatic - even if it doesn't work! It's still automatic"
The best type of manual charger that may or may not be available on the market would be a fifteen amp, heavier than hell, transformer powered box with a wind up timer and voltage selection click-click-click knob. This one is a candidate to maintain something like 5 amps charge rate at 15.5 volts. An ideal charger terminates the charge with 5 amps at 16.00 volts for a hundred amp hour battery.
Automatic chargers are as pitiable as automatic disherwashers. Wait a minute I can't say that...my automatic dishwasher shows up Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
"Eight equalize cycles and the cell partially recovered?"
The original Harbor Fright 10-amp manual charger was unique. No longer available. People want a plug and play life these days. Too bad reality sticks it foot out and sends the dreamers sprawling. Customer demand. "I won't buy it unless it's automatic - even if it doesn't work! It's still automatic"
The best type of manual charger that may or may not be available on the market would be a fifteen amp, heavier than hell, transformer powered box with a wind up timer and voltage selection click-click-click knob. This one is a candidate to maintain something like 5 amps charge rate at 15.5 volts. An ideal charger terminates the charge with 5 amps at 16.00 volts for a hundred amp hour battery.
Automatic chargers are as pitiable as automatic disherwashers. Wait a minute I can't say that...my automatic dishwasher shows up Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
