Combining Dissimilar Battery ah?
I know there are a few people here with real-world experience with this, so I hope they chime in! QUESTION: With a small 12v AGM battery (33ah), I have the choice of paralleling a slightly larger ...
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pianotuna wrote:
Hi John,
No, equalizing is not about stirring. It is about bringing "weak" cells up in capacity. Unfortunately that means the "strong" cells do get overcharged some what.
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I understand that as well. Gel and AGM do need THAT definition of equalization as their cells will not always be evenly charged. The 'good' cells will be overcharged.
Stirring is not something you want to do with AGM and Gel.
I had a hard time understanding the use of bubbling and equalization in the same sentence. I see now that you are using the slight bubbling as a signal that you ARE slightly overcharging in order to de-sulphate all cells.
In Lifeline AGM terminology, you would be conditioning per their paragraph 5.5, where they advocate a 15.5V charge, with temp-comp, for 8 hrs. They even have a temp-comp table in the paragraph. I suspect the temp-comped 15.5V accomplishes a controlled overcharge and de-sulphates much like your slight bubbling process.
HTH;
John
