[AT] 6V chargers - repost

[charlie hill]

Thanks,   I think I will look for one of those chargers sometime soon.  It
could pay for it's self pretty quickly!

Charlie
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From: "dglass" <dglass at mail.newnanutilities.org>
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Subject: Re: [AT] 6V chargers - repost


> I don't know.  When it is desulfating, the charge light blinks and
> different voltages flash on the dial. It doesn't say if it is positive
> or negative, but if I had to guess I would say it stays the same
> polarity and just pulses the voltage. I read that this technology has
> been around in industrial chargers but just came affordable for home use.
>
> charlie hill wrote:
>
> >Thanks.  I always heard that most batteries fail from the plates being
> >shorted out by build up from being cycled so many times.  The desufation
> >makes sense.  I just wondered about the mechanics of it.
> >I wonder if it alternates pulses of current +,-,+,- or just pulses in the
> >same polarity as the battery.
> >
> >Charlie
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> >From: "dglass" <dglass at mail.newnanutilities.org>
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> >
>
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