My new van buildout thread
I figure I will have a lot of questions so I should put them all in one thread :). I got a new van! Well, an old one, but new to me. It's in another state, and I won't see it in person for a few m...
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MrWizard wrote:
Please described your test procedure, or charge procedure
That is what I am asking you guys :).
IIU Landy correctly, he is saying I can just clip the charger and the coil onto the (same) terminals of one 100+aH battery. Is that right?
What was the purpose of this coil that is now shorter
If the resistance is too low the coil becomes a hot wire heater
Aka a heating coil
It IS a heating coil! The purpose of it is to remove juice from the battery quickly, for whatever reason one may want to do that.
A friend gave it to me, many years back, because he believed that when storing AGM batteries for long periods (years) without use, it was important to cycle them once in a while and not just top them off. He got the coil from a kiln, and cut it to 25amp length. But it is brittle and I have since broken it to shorter length, probably about half what it was. So it might be 50amps now. I have not used it in the two years since I found this forum.
