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Subject: TWL: Re: Battery Conditioners
From: Brian J. Hall (bhall@XXX.XXX)
Date: Tue Apr 10 2001 - 02:05:02 EDT
Bill wrote:
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>I had just talked to the tech representative at VDC
>Electronics (a distributor of the BatteryMinder) and he said that it didn't
>matter if I put 4 or 5 batteries in parallel on the device IF i only wanted
>to use the desulfation feature. It won't work as a charger for that many
>(except as a trickle
This is good news! I talked to a girl at the VDC office and
she had it backwards - she claimed it would trickle charge 4 batteries and
only
desulphate one battery at a time.
Since the desulphation mode is what we are after, we can let
any charger keep the bank up while the BM does its magic?
As a test, I am running the BM and the house charger at the same time.
The BM did not blow-up or get hot, and the flashing pulse
indicator light is still binking- so all appears well.
And yes, several weeks are needed to to bring back the dead!
I find that discharging the battery a couple of times during this
polishing period speeds up the process.
New batteries only need a few days pulsing to increase their capacity
above that stated on their rating label.
Brian Hall
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