[AT] 6V chargers - repost

dglass dglass at mail.newnanutilities.org
Tue Jun 22 05:35:55 PDT 2004


Here's a ebay link for a big one.  
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7906870968&category=63687

charlie hill wrote:

>Thanks,   I think I will look for one of those chargers sometime soon.  It
>could pay for it's self pretty quickly!
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>Charlie
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>>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.
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>>charlie hill wrote:
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>>>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.
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>>>Charlie
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>>>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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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.
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>>>>charlie hill wrote:
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>>>>>What is the story on desulfation?  How does it work?
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>>>>>Charlie
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