Your opinion of Battery Desulfators
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Gary,
Now that I have digested all of this thread, I may have some valuable experience to offer.
Some years back, I bought a "Desulfator" on Ebay. I ran it on several batteries. Some were already confirmed kills, and others just known to be losing capacity. This device coupled with a run of the mill flat charger managed to breath life back into about half of those that were just weak. The confirmed kills showed no improvement at all.
So, it was my opinion that these devices are a cr*p shoot in your case. If you primary charger is an Iota, Progressive Dynamics or other good charger that has a "burp" mode to break up the stratification, you may just recover that bank as it is.
Summary:
The pulse chargers do seem to do some good. They are not a cure-all. They do put sharp high frequency pulses back at the bank, and tests show that this can work, but if the fouling has had time to get good and solid, they just might not have enough kick to break that up and clear the active material.
Matt
Now that I have digested all of this thread, I may have some valuable experience to offer.
Some years back, I bought a "Desulfator" on Ebay. I ran it on several batteries. Some were already confirmed kills, and others just known to be losing capacity. This device coupled with a run of the mill flat charger managed to breath life back into about half of those that were just weak. The confirmed kills showed no improvement at all.
So, it was my opinion that these devices are a cr*p shoot in your case. If you primary charger is an Iota, Progressive Dynamics or other good charger that has a "burp" mode to break up the stratification, you may just recover that bank as it is.
Summary:
The pulse chargers do seem to do some good. They are not a cure-all. They do put sharp high frequency pulses back at the bank, and tests show that this can work, but if the fouling has had time to get good and solid, they just might not have enough kick to break that up and clear the active material.
Matt
