Portable battery charger
Looking for a good portable charger for deep cycle 12 volt batteries, something that will desulfate as well as equalize. Having a hard time finding a smart charger. From old posts I see a lot of reco...
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pnichols is correct, for VRB batteries. Finish amperage is just about the only way to tell if a battery is charged. But the charger cannot play games with voltage while a person monitors amperage. In other words .5% finish amperage at 14.2 volts is too low and .5% amperage at 14.8 is too high.
The idiotic game played by "smart" battery chargers drove me to make the BORG. If you want to charge your batteries at 13.4 volts until the charger stops, and then go camping once a year fine - it's your nickel. But all of the BS comes out in the wash with serious off grid users. The louder and more obnoxious such people yell that their system is total, absolute, and perfect, the more idiotic it sounds to people who know batteries because they use them continuously and their wallet is a GREAT B.S. detector. It shows up in service life. Total kWh transacted. So, if someone wants to disagree - go for it. it's your reputation on this board that is at stake.
The idiotic game played by "smart" battery chargers drove me to make the BORG. If you want to charge your batteries at 13.4 volts until the charger stops, and then go camping once a year fine - it's your nickel. But all of the BS comes out in the wash with serious off grid users. The louder and more obnoxious such people yell that their system is total, absolute, and perfect, the more idiotic it sounds to people who know batteries because they use them continuously and their wallet is a GREAT B.S. detector. It shows up in service life. Total kWh transacted. So, if someone wants to disagree - go for it. it's your reputation on this board that is at stake.
