VARIAC....MEX?
Hopefully MEX will chime in but anyone else is welcome, of course. Looking to buy a VARIAC. I have a Harbor Freight manual charger that I use for equalizing and sometimes the finishing charge. The pro...
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Turn the variac switch off. Twist dial to zero.
Plug in variac to power receptacle.
Plug charger in to variac
Connect charger clips to battery.
Flip switch of variac to on position.
Slowly rotate voltage adjustment knob on the variac using the charger's ammeter as a speedometer.
Monitor voltage when charging equalization.
As usual helpful folks have added so much additional information to the discussion it became murky :)
No way in hell will you have a problem twisting the knob under load. Remember the old fashioned light dimmers? The ones the grand kids played with like it was a video game? Meet its cousin. Just don't allow the knob to be thrashed back and forth while you have a load on the variac.
Plug in variac to power receptacle.
Plug charger in to variac
Connect charger clips to battery.
Flip switch of variac to on position.
Slowly rotate voltage adjustment knob on the variac using the charger's ammeter as a speedometer.
Monitor voltage when charging equalization.
As usual helpful folks have added so much additional information to the discussion it became murky :)
No way in hell will you have a problem twisting the knob under load. Remember the old fashioned light dimmers? The ones the grand kids played with like it was a video game? Meet its cousin. Just don't allow the knob to be thrashed back and forth while you have a load on the variac.
