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profdant139
Explorer II
Nov 01, 2016

How to test working capacity of battery: not technical

(If you are a highly sophisticated technical battery expert, I advise you to stop reading. This post is designed for people like me, who are not experts.) I have two group 31 12V marine deep cycle...
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BFL13
Explorer II
Nov 04, 2016
The UPG tech who likes pulse charging for AGMs, said it did, " 14.8, stop, 14.8, stop, 14.8, stop, 14.8----" as its way of pulsing.

I have no clue if that is what all pulse chargers do, or if that is what Mex is talking about.

One story a few years back was that the pulse was at a particular frequency that shattered the crystals. Not a clue!

Back then too, a lab test report linked in a thread on here, said it worked sometimes but not always, and that it was inconclusive whether you could count on it.

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