Portable battery charger. What do you carry?
I've had many over the years but most are cheap and don't last long. I'm looking for a good portable 12 volt Smart charger that can desulfate and get my batteries to full charge if needed. What do...
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The "issue" with modulating solely with a temperature limit, is that electrolyte acts as a heat sink transfer media but it isn't perfect. Hot spots can develop an they will cause burning - utter destruction of that plate area and worse yet the destructed area can grow as it remains hotter than unaffected plate area. Hard sulfated areas are sulfated on the surface. Ever wonder what is going on beneath the sulfate coating? Yes it is porous but the sulfation depth of penetration only extended so deep.
This is why maintaining a gentle constant amperage equalization is so important. You are trying to revert a mineral coating back into chemical solution. The action is simple on the face of it, but orchestrating a maintenance regimen should be done with minimizing the overall cost of battery ownership, operation and maintenance. Toss in the fact that most RV owners seemingly would rather get an enema than take care of their batteries and you end up with five thousand opinions and billions of dollars spent foolishly on gyro gearloose grade whizzo carnival chargers and devices that swear on a stack of bibles if you pay several hundred dollars you will be forever relieved of ever thinking about your batteries again.
This is why maintaining a gentle constant amperage equalization is so important. You are trying to revert a mineral coating back into chemical solution. The action is simple on the face of it, but orchestrating a maintenance regimen should be done with minimizing the overall cost of battery ownership, operation and maintenance. Toss in the fact that most RV owners seemingly would rather get an enema than take care of their batteries and you end up with five thousand opinions and billions of dollars spent foolishly on gyro gearloose grade whizzo carnival chargers and devices that swear on a stack of bibles if you pay several hundred dollars you will be forever relieved of ever thinking about your batteries again.
