nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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 Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2023 7:07 am Post subject: FYI: New kid in battery charger/maintainers |
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| Quote: | | Quote: | | Quote: | When clamping onto a battery, a spark jumps. That tells me that the charger
is drawing power from the battery before the AC cord is plugged in. |
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Interesting observation which I've duplicated.
With the charger plugged in and the battery fully
charged, the device reverts to what may be their
'pulsed repair mode'. When attached to an 18 a.h.
SVLA battery, the charger/maintainer settles
pretty quickly into a pulsing activity that
oscillates between 100 and 150 mA. I've left
it connected to see what happens over the
next few hours. |
I rechecked the output signal from the
charger about an hour after it terminated
the top-off mode. The output was essentially
zero.
So aside from their claims to 'pulse', 'repair',
'desulfate', etc I can find no reason not
to recommend this product as a capable battery
charger/maintainer. Sadly tho, this product
will start to 'squeeze' Battery Tender sales
due to superior performance at a lower
price.
The sparks noted in an earlier post no doubt
are capacitor charging transients to be
expected as an artifact of internal circuitry.
Followup on Bobby's observation about
a Battery Tender that was too hot to
touch. A Battery Tender recharge experiment
conducted late yesterday terminated
after about 18 hours (yeah, that 0.7A
recharge can take some time with a big
battery). At no time did the BT surface
become more than slightly warm. I think
his BT is probably toast.
I have a stable of charger/maintainers
of various sizes and brands. Some of them
are 30 years old! I try to utilize all
of them in periodic rotation to confirm
functionality. The usual array of LED
indicators are not exactly 'calibrated'
displays!
I recently discovered one that was not
performing. A neighbor presented at my
shop with a dead utility battery discovered
when a vehicle jump-start was attempted.
Yeah, the battery was trashed and the
C/M proved to be the cause of the battery's
demise.
I've often suggested that batteries are
like house plants. Letting one sit in
solitary confinement for long periods
of time without periodic determination
of health for both battery and any
maintenance hardware is a recipe for
disappointment when failure goes undetected
and corrected.
Bob . . .
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