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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Those with flooded batteries, and faith in their Automatic charging sources to fully charge a battery, well, Prove it can actually fully charge the battery.
Deplete the battery to 50%, and start your multistage charger, and when the charger shuts off or goes to float mode, dip the hydrometer.
I bet if 1.285 is the maximum baseline, most will find 1.270.
Do the same for a week, you'll find 1.260 maximum.
Anybody who monitors voltage during discharge, and starts a discharge at 1.260 is going to notice that voltage drops significantly more than it did when started at 1.285 on day one.
Someone with a Mega watt can hold Absorption voltage until SG maxes out, see that it took 4 hours 17 minutes and 36 seconds. And Next time crank the timer to 4:20.
Someone with AGMs and a Megawatt and an Ammeter can hold absorption voltage until amps needed to hold absorption voltage decrease to 0.5% of capacity. 3 hours and 52 minutes? whohoo spin that dial then next time and go drink a beer.
Someone with a 8 stage bells and whistle charger, has only Faith, and is likely easily reassured by blinking green lights, even though they are dimwitted liars, the green lights that is.
Deplete the battery to 50%, and start your multistage charger, and when the charger shuts off or goes to float mode, dip the hydrometer.
I bet if 1.285 is the maximum baseline, most will find 1.270.
Do the same for a week, you'll find 1.260 maximum.
Anybody who monitors voltage during discharge, and starts a discharge at 1.260 is going to notice that voltage drops significantly more than it did when started at 1.285 on day one.
Someone with a Mega watt can hold Absorption voltage until SG maxes out, see that it took 4 hours 17 minutes and 36 seconds. And Next time crank the timer to 4:20.
Someone with AGMs and a Megawatt and an Ammeter can hold absorption voltage until amps needed to hold absorption voltage decrease to 0.5% of capacity. 3 hours and 52 minutes? whohoo spin that dial then next time and go drink a beer.
Someone with a 8 stage bells and whistle charger, has only Faith, and is likely easily reassured by blinking green lights, even though they are dimwitted liars, the green lights that is.
