[AT] 6V chargers - repost

[dglass]

It says it is like an ultrasonic cleaner except it uses electrical 
impulses.   They also say that 80% of the batteries are discarded 
because of sulfation.    I don't know if that is true or not, but often 
when the battery will no longer hold a charge, that's often the problem. 
I have used this charger to bring back about five or six batteries from 
the dead.  If the battery needs desulfation, it will do it automatically 
and after it finishes, it will start to charge the battery.  It will 
also cut itself on and off to maintain the batteries charge. If you hook 
these chargers up to the battery that is in a vehicle, it will tell you 
how much the alternator is putting out.

charlie hill wrote:

>What is the story on desulfation?  How does it work?
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>Charlie
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>>I just started using the Schumacher Smart Charge. (You can get them at 
>>Walmart also.)  They test, desulfate, and charge the battery.  They make 
>>them up to 40 amp.  They really work. I dug batteries out of the junk 
>>pile and revived them.  Desulfation is slow however and may take up to 
>>ten hours on a bad battery.  The big one and the small ones do 6/12 
>>volts and the middle ones only do 12volt.
>>
>>Dave Merchant wrote:
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>>>What do you guys use for 6V chargers?
>>>
>>>Currently, I buy Walmart 6/12 V chargers in quantity,
>>>and use them until the smoke leaks out and they don't work any more.
>>>
>>>I'm going out today to buy another one (if they still stock them).
>>>
>>>Does any company currently make a good one?
>>>
>>>Does anyone know what fizzes on the Walmart ones, can it be replaced 
>>>or upgraded?
>>>
>>>
>>>Dave Merchant
>>>kosh at nesys.com
>>>nesys_com at ameritech.net
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>>>http://www.nesys.com
>>>http://www.nesys.org
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