[AT] 6V chargers - repost

[Thomas O. Mehrkam]

I cannot find that charger on thier site. Are you sure it is a Schumacher

http://www.batterychargers.com/chargers.cfm

dglass wrote:
> 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?
>>
>> Charlie
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "dglass" 
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>> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 1:12 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] 6V chargers - repost
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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:
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> http://www.nesys.com
>>>> http://www.nesys.org
>>>>
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