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Ok, I went off.the deep end? Bought 3 used 37watt uni-solar panels and a blue sky 2000e controller for the hefty price of $400, They were being listed as 75w panels, they are not The tested open...
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the DESULFATOR, does not function during any period the voltage at the battery is 12.5 or less
it is ON during ALL charging
i did use this unit to revive a motorcycle battery & a champion generator battery that did not want to accept & hold a charge
being the small size that it is , I think it works much better a Preventive item, breaking up freshly formed crystals during immediate recharge as compared to trying to remove crystals restore 400+ amps of sulphated batteries
I don't think i want to perform your suggested experiment
I think it would work on 'ONE 12v battery AT A TIME', but might take a few weeks on the bench on permanent trickle (2amp) charge to desulfate 200+ amp battery pair, longer for 400+amp 4 pack GC's
the Vectors are great chargers, but the Desulphate cycle is separate from the charging cycle, you would have to use another charger for charging while the vector was in DES mode
the one i have does only desulphation pulsing it has NO charging or power supply built it, it draws power for the pulse from the SUPPLIED power doing the charging
other clamp on, wire on , desluphators work the same way, external charge power must be applied, there are some really heavy duty models that pulse in AMPS not micro amps,
the heavy duty ones i looked at did NOT have the safety features that are built into this one, they are for reviving dead heavy amp cells for solar or other uses, I thought this one, install and forget, was best suited for my needs, "preventing sulphation build up", i think the combination of timely recharging and pulsing is doing the JOB, keeping the sulphation at bay, instead of allowing it to build up.
right this moment, its been (2) hrs since any charge was applied to the batteries, there has been constant varying drain as high as 20+amps right now 4.89amps draw show on the "shuntless amp meter" mounted over the fridge
the digital voltmeter mounted at the dash reads 12.68v, batteries are in the rear of the coach about 25ft from the voltmeter
the (4) Sams club GC's have proven to do quite well so far over 200 cycles, and acting like new
there were a couple times this winter, when morning voltage was as low as 11.80
thats like 30%SOC
I think the combo of prompt daily charging with the pulse desulfator on, is keeping the plates clean and the SG up.
this seems to work for me, the key is proper care from the 'get go' instead of trying to correct the problems 'after the fact', easier to prevent sulphation build up than to remove it.
sulfate crystals are formed during the discharge cycle at night, but are immediately broken up when charging is applied during the day , Solar or converter
it is ON during ALL charging
i did use this unit to revive a motorcycle battery & a champion generator battery that did not want to accept & hold a charge
being the small size that it is , I think it works much better a Preventive item, breaking up freshly formed crystals during immediate recharge as compared to trying to remove crystals restore 400+ amps of sulphated batteries
I don't think i want to perform your suggested experiment
I think it would work on 'ONE 12v battery AT A TIME', but might take a few weeks on the bench on permanent trickle (2amp) charge to desulfate 200+ amp battery pair, longer for 400+amp 4 pack GC's
the Vectors are great chargers, but the Desulphate cycle is separate from the charging cycle, you would have to use another charger for charging while the vector was in DES mode
the one i have does only desulphation pulsing it has NO charging or power supply built it, it draws power for the pulse from the SUPPLIED power doing the charging
other clamp on, wire on , desluphators work the same way, external charge power must be applied, there are some really heavy duty models that pulse in AMPS not micro amps,
the heavy duty ones i looked at did NOT have the safety features that are built into this one, they are for reviving dead heavy amp cells for solar or other uses, I thought this one, install and forget, was best suited for my needs, "preventing sulphation build up", i think the combination of timely recharging and pulsing is doing the JOB, keeping the sulphation at bay, instead of allowing it to build up.
right this moment, its been (2) hrs since any charge was applied to the batteries, there has been constant varying drain as high as 20+amps right now 4.89amps draw show on the "shuntless amp meter" mounted over the fridge
the digital voltmeter mounted at the dash reads 12.68v, batteries are in the rear of the coach about 25ft from the voltmeter
the (4) Sams club GC's have proven to do quite well so far over 200 cycles, and acting like new
there were a couple times this winter, when morning voltage was as low as 11.80
thats like 30%SOC
I think the combo of prompt daily charging with the pulse desulfator on, is keeping the plates clean and the SG up.
this seems to work for me, the key is proper care from the 'get go' instead of trying to correct the problems 'after the fact', easier to prevent sulphation build up than to remove it.
sulfate crystals are formed during the discharge cycle at night, but are immediately broken up when charging is applied during the day , Solar or converter
