What's a decent battery charger?
Over a year ago I asked same question and what was recommended by a couple people, I couldn't get anymore. Model was discontinued. Recommended was a specific model of Schulber or a name close to th...
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Señor Kettner, your example is indeed fact. Charge a battery fully and it will hibernate several months <30c. Charge a battery with a Dyson charger and store it several months, then repeat next season. The result is a badly sulfated battery and the Dyson gizmo can not under any circumstances de-sulfate it.
If when charging a battery with a generator, the cells do not bubble lightly, the battery is not fully charged. If a mostly charged battery is taken home and put through a few cycles with a Dyson, it may gain >95% charged status. But that missing 5% is a killer.
This does not matter with lightly used batteries that spend lots of time off-season connected to a charger (not a maintainer! A Charger!). The if's the and's and the butts make for a sorry total of maybe's.
Do it. Charge a battery to 1.265. Then connect it to a maintainer. How many months will it spend glaciating it's way to 1.266 then 1.267, then...? Chemistry does not wait.
Yes, a Zap desulfate button can be pushed a hundred times to hurry the process. Talk about stupid - compare nursemaiding a desulfate button to simply charging until cell electrolyte bubbles slightly.
Once the process is known, a person does not need to monitor cell bubbling. They'll know from gaining practical experience how much charging is needed.
I know my Lifeline will need 3 to 3.25 hours to fully recharge from a voltage level of around 12.50 So with 14.4 volts voltage control limit I set the spring wound timer to a little over three hours. Presto. Perfectly charged battery.
The confused in the midst will scream "I doan wanna twist no stupid dials!" This is a battery charger, not a converter. With a 75% charged battery I can set the timer for TWELVE HOURS and not hurt the battery. Why? This is a charger not a converter.
Amateurs make the mistake of assumption. They read they rationalize and they freak if applying absorbsion charge voltage to a battery is maintained for 4 hours instead of one hour THIS IS A BATTERY CHARGER NOT A CONVERTER! The battery could care less. Hyper meticulous PRECISE voltage and time calculations are an utter waste of time and reveal the advocate is a real greenhorn when it comes to battery charging.
Other spouted nonsense wails a lightly bubbling battery means it is "Boiling!" Again ignorance is being shouted for all to see and read. Careful assumptions, blended with rationalization, and sweetened with wacko shared opinions try to push reality out the window. It is sad.
Mr Kettner is correct. Gross assumptions mean gross battery sales increases.
Next time you become aware of a malfunctioning battery, do an audit: Time spent in diagnostics. Time and money spend to go have the battery tested. Ooooo I forgot to add removal and replacement time. Then time and money spent for shopping for a replacement or maybe arguing with the parts counter. Bad batteries can wipe out a boondocking vacation.
But that doesn't matter, right?
Dyson chargers are Plug N Play! Trumps common sense.
If when charging a battery with a generator, the cells do not bubble lightly, the battery is not fully charged. If a mostly charged battery is taken home and put through a few cycles with a Dyson, it may gain >95% charged status. But that missing 5% is a killer.
This does not matter with lightly used batteries that spend lots of time off-season connected to a charger (not a maintainer! A Charger!). The if's the and's and the butts make for a sorry total of maybe's.
Do it. Charge a battery to 1.265. Then connect it to a maintainer. How many months will it spend glaciating it's way to 1.266 then 1.267, then...? Chemistry does not wait.
Yes, a Zap desulfate button can be pushed a hundred times to hurry the process. Talk about stupid - compare nursemaiding a desulfate button to simply charging until cell electrolyte bubbles slightly.
Once the process is known, a person does not need to monitor cell bubbling. They'll know from gaining practical experience how much charging is needed.
I know my Lifeline will need 3 to 3.25 hours to fully recharge from a voltage level of around 12.50 So with 14.4 volts voltage control limit I set the spring wound timer to a little over three hours. Presto. Perfectly charged battery.
The confused in the midst will scream "I doan wanna twist no stupid dials!" This is a battery charger, not a converter. With a 75% charged battery I can set the timer for TWELVE HOURS and not hurt the battery. Why? This is a charger not a converter.
Amateurs make the mistake of assumption. They read they rationalize and they freak if applying absorbsion charge voltage to a battery is maintained for 4 hours instead of one hour THIS IS A BATTERY CHARGER NOT A CONVERTER! The battery could care less. Hyper meticulous PRECISE voltage and time calculations are an utter waste of time and reveal the advocate is a real greenhorn when it comes to battery charging.
Other spouted nonsense wails a lightly bubbling battery means it is "Boiling!" Again ignorance is being shouted for all to see and read. Careful assumptions, blended with rationalization, and sweetened with wacko shared opinions try to push reality out the window. It is sad.
Mr Kettner is correct. Gross assumptions mean gross battery sales increases.
Next time you become aware of a malfunctioning battery, do an audit: Time spent in diagnostics. Time and money spend to go have the battery tested. Ooooo I forgot to add removal and replacement time. Then time and money spent for shopping for a replacement or maybe arguing with the parts counter. Bad batteries can wipe out a boondocking vacation.
But that doesn't matter, right?
Dyson chargers are Plug N Play! Trumps common sense.
