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From: Steve Weinstein (no email)
Date: Sat Jan 22 2005 - 18:47:37 EST
Sue and Don,
It so happens that I was interested enough to call PulseTech and speak to
their service technician to discuss my situation which is very similar to
yours. I think the only difference between my setup and yours is that 1) I
only have 2 6v batteries (L16's) and, 2) by starting battery's normal
charging source is the house bank through an Echo Charger.
My game plan, should I buy the unit, was to go with the PulseTech unit
attached only to the house bank (the 2 L16's).
What the tech told me was that as far as the PulseTech unit was concerned it
was only going to see one 12V battery which, if you think about it is
exactly what we have notwithstanding that it's comprised of a bunch of 6V
units in series.
So in my case and yours, we would only need one unit for the house bank. If
you wanted the starting battery "pulsed" then you'd need a second unit.
As far as leaving it to do its thing in our absence, the PulseTech would
definitely draw down the house bank if left alone over a period of time.
But in my case I've got an 80W solar panel charging the house bank during
the week when I'm not on board. Under those circumstances the tech said I'd
be in great shape regardless of how long I left the boat. That's why he
recommended the Pulsetech.
Had I not had the solar panel hooked up he said that he would then recommend
going with the Solargizer. That way the unit would draw it's power from
it's little solar panel (a few inches by a few inches) instead of from the
battery.
Granted the draw is only in milliamps but without a recharging source to the
battery (my solar panel) given time I'd arrive on the boat greeted by a flat
battery.
Hope that answers your question.
Steve Weinstein
s/v HYDRO-THERAPY
1981 Cherubini Designed H33
Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue and Don" <>
To: "live-aboard" <>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: lv-ab: RE: Pulsetech battery desulfator
> Arild:
>
> Could you help me with a usage question for the Pulsetech device.
>
> How do you use your Pulsetech devices?
>
> 1) Do you really need to have a Pulsetech connected to your batteries
> at all times? Their website seems to say that you should always have
> a Pulsetech device hooked up to your batteries. However, it sounds as
> if you use a Pulsetech to recover a battery and then put it back into
> service without a permanently connected Pulsetech.
>
> 2) If you do connect a Pulsetech permanently then do you really need a
> Pulsetech for each battery? Again, their website says that you should
> have one for each individual battery. In my case that would be 7
> batteries ( 6 golfcarts(3x2) for the house bank and a single 12V for a
> starting battery). I hope that the golfcart bank would only need a
> single Pulsetech.
>
> 3) Powerpulse vs. Solargizer. I presume that a boat with either a
> dockside charger or a solar cell at anchor would use a Powerpulse
> rather than the Solargizer. Is that correct?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don.
>
> On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:30:17 -0800, Arild Jensen <>
> wrote:
>> Ahmet wrote:
>
>> .... So this sceptic is now a believer. I now own and use four of the
>> devices and
>> I paid for all of them.
>> I still have the free sample as well.
>> How many installations is required to become statistically significant
>> instead of just anecdotal?
>>
>> Arild
>> A happy user of Pulsetech products.
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