Very Inexpensive Battery Maintenance Charger
1.0 ampere output. 13.8 volts regulated charge limit. This unit is good for 100 amp hours worth of batteries. IMO the voltage is a tad high for a high antimony RV battery with temps 60F or higher but ...
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Mex,
Is it possible that two kinds of "bubbling" are being talked about here?
Is it possible that outgassing due to a chemical reaction in the electrolyte from too-high a voltage being externally applied at the time will manifest itself as "bubbles". If so, might this be possible at temperatures way different from those normally associated with "boiling off" water vapor? And further, might the charging voltage being compensated for temperature (as recommended by battery OEMs) be referring to the controlling of this chemical outgassing ... as oppposed to controlling just water loss through high temperatures?
P.S. Not being sarcastic here .... just scratching my head on what the heart of this dicussion might really be about.
By the way, I still hold with: The temperature that us battery users are supposed to be worrying about with regards to what voltages we apply to a battery is the one easy for us to control ... the air temperature around the battery. The battery manufacturer's design, of course, controls the degree of transfer of this outside temperature into the interior of the battery.
Is it possible that two kinds of "bubbling" are being talked about here?
Is it possible that outgassing due to a chemical reaction in the electrolyte from too-high a voltage being externally applied at the time will manifest itself as "bubbles". If so, might this be possible at temperatures way different from those normally associated with "boiling off" water vapor? And further, might the charging voltage being compensated for temperature (as recommended by battery OEMs) be referring to the controlling of this chemical outgassing ... as oppposed to controlling just water loss through high temperatures?
P.S. Not being sarcastic here .... just scratching my head on what the heart of this dicussion might really be about.
By the way, I still hold with: The temperature that us battery users are supposed to be worrying about with regards to what voltages we apply to a battery is the one easy for us to control ... the air temperature around the battery. The battery manufacturer's design, of course, controls the degree of transfer of this outside temperature into the interior of the battery.
