Another AGM conditioning question
This is my chassis battery, an agm I got used and have little experience with. Trickle charger failed in storage, it is dead as a doornail. Not covenient to babysit it for long hours on meanwell or...
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Back to Lifeline~~~! The full bank of L16's has never dropped below 13A these last few weeks of trying.
-Probably 36 hours over a 48 hour period of steady 14.4V. 15A often, and a few times 13A, then it would jump up again to 15 or 18A...
-I figure the odd's are I overcharged the battery somehow, more then just a few times, via the Magnum/Solar and Alternator... So if that is the case, I've probably used up the magic juice.
-BUT, in case the battery was under charged and 'walked down' and caused sulfating to build up. Only Conditioning/Equalizing would have a chance to shake this loose.
So try shaking it loose via Equalizing/Conditioning... And if it works, great. If the mat's are dried out, all it will do is dry them more... In current battery capacity health, I'd replace them before extended traveling with them. So, if dried out and overcharged was the problem - this attempt of Equalizing/Conditioning will only add to the final usage of capacity...
And as my wife know, I'm often wrong... In the next few weeks we'll know if this is another example of this being so:)!
Smitty
-Probably 36 hours over a 48 hour period of steady 14.4V. 15A often, and a few times 13A, then it would jump up again to 15 or 18A...
-I figure the odd's are I overcharged the battery somehow, more then just a few times, via the Magnum/Solar and Alternator... So if that is the case, I've probably used up the magic juice.
-BUT, in case the battery was under charged and 'walked down' and caused sulfating to build up. Only Conditioning/Equalizing would have a chance to shake this loose.
So try shaking it loose via Equalizing/Conditioning... And if it works, great. If the mat's are dried out, all it will do is dry them more... In current battery capacity health, I'd replace them before extended traveling with them. So, if dried out and overcharged was the problem - this attempt of Equalizing/Conditioning will only add to the final usage of capacity...
And as my wife know, I'm often wrong... In the next few weeks we'll know if this is another example of this being so:)!
Smitty
