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MEXICOWANDERER
May 18, 2016Explorer
Different battery minders have different color codes. If you can squeeze in a look t the Battery minder model number then post it here I'd have a better idea of colors and codes. 13.2 - 13.4 steady volts would be best float maintenance no matter what.
Gyro Gearloose claims of battery testing authority must come with a host of corroborating footnotes as to methodology, number of DUT, and comparison of the same type of DUT using a different desulfation format with similar kWh expended.This does not even cover authentication of test instrumentation accuracy nor images of both positive and negative plates before and after the test. Does this "test" even include cell to cell electrolyte densities?
100% of the tests I performed revealed exactly zero difference between pulse desulfation and constant voltage desulfation. Electrolyte density and 10X loupe plate autopsies confirmed zero advantage. Extremely high frequency >600 MHz with high current 7000 ma did affect sulfation but extensively damaged unsulfated residual plate material. Lead Dioxide was particularly vulnerable.
Wish for something hard enough and the human brain will tend to deform reality and make it so. Remember this: Hardened (lattice-binded) sulfation is many X harder, stronger and tougher than cured plate paste. Energy that is great enough to affect latticed lead sulfate will destroy plate paste. Even phased (variable frequency) and multiplexed frequencies (multiple frequencies to 6 simultaneous bandwidths) did not advantageously affect latticed sulfation.
I had 10Kw of adjustable frequency power at my command. And three channels to work with (30Kw total). Two Siemens four channel multiplexers.
Now, in your wildest dreams would you imagine any backyard tinkerer to have that plus $100,000+ lab instrumentation at his command? Ask yourself: Have any of these tests incorporated cell electrolyte density comparison? BCI load testing?
Yeah I had "visitors". I am bound by courtesy and professionalism to not reveal names or entities, but they managed to parade through. Everyone had opinions: Some were useless while others proved worthy to follow up on. After 4 years I declared the entire program a "wash". Eight thousand dollars worth of SCE power expended. I won't depress myself thinking of the man-hours expended.
Regular battery chargers pulse 60 Hz. High frequency chargers pulse at whatever frequency the devices oscillate at.
I will say this: Whatever charge source I use (especially on the lifeline) extra capacitors have been incorporated to absolutely minimize ripple down to the microvolt level.
It's wonderful we live in a free country and opinions can differ and be respected. But limit is mandatory when opinions become predatory.
Gyro Gearloose claims of battery testing authority must come with a host of corroborating footnotes as to methodology, number of DUT, and comparison of the same type of DUT using a different desulfation format with similar kWh expended.This does not even cover authentication of test instrumentation accuracy nor images of both positive and negative plates before and after the test. Does this "test" even include cell to cell electrolyte densities?
100% of the tests I performed revealed exactly zero difference between pulse desulfation and constant voltage desulfation. Electrolyte density and 10X loupe plate autopsies confirmed zero advantage. Extremely high frequency >600 MHz with high current 7000 ma did affect sulfation but extensively damaged unsulfated residual plate material. Lead Dioxide was particularly vulnerable.
Wish for something hard enough and the human brain will tend to deform reality and make it so. Remember this: Hardened (lattice-binded) sulfation is many X harder, stronger and tougher than cured plate paste. Energy that is great enough to affect latticed lead sulfate will destroy plate paste. Even phased (variable frequency) and multiplexed frequencies (multiple frequencies to 6 simultaneous bandwidths) did not advantageously affect latticed sulfation.
I had 10Kw of adjustable frequency power at my command. And three channels to work with (30Kw total). Two Siemens four channel multiplexers.
Now, in your wildest dreams would you imagine any backyard tinkerer to have that plus $100,000+ lab instrumentation at his command? Ask yourself: Have any of these tests incorporated cell electrolyte density comparison? BCI load testing?
Yeah I had "visitors". I am bound by courtesy and professionalism to not reveal names or entities, but they managed to parade through. Everyone had opinions: Some were useless while others proved worthy to follow up on. After 4 years I declared the entire program a "wash". Eight thousand dollars worth of SCE power expended. I won't depress myself thinking of the man-hours expended.
Regular battery chargers pulse 60 Hz. High frequency chargers pulse at whatever frequency the devices oscillate at.
I will say this: Whatever charge source I use (especially on the lifeline) extra capacitors have been incorporated to absolutely minimize ripple down to the microvolt level.
It's wonderful we live in a free country and opinions can differ and be respected. But limit is mandatory when opinions become predatory.
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