Re: (ET) 2nd generation LFA Desulfator: DIY

["David Roden" <etpost drmm net>]

On 17 Apr 2006 at 14:13, Klein Robert W NPRI wrote:

> http://www.shaka.com/~kalepa/technotes.htm
> 
> This website might help

There's certainly some interesting information here, but when it comes to 
the operation of "desulfators," it appears to me that all the writer 
offers 
is opinion : "My opinions on the matter, subject to further learning are 
..."

Opinion isn't fact.  I reiterate : no one has yet demonstrated to me that 
these gadgets do anything significantly different inside the battery from 
the action of an ordinary battery charger.  

I will add : no one has offered what I consider a valid, supportable 
explanation for what desulfators supposedly do.

Since the writer of that webpage offered his opinion, here's mine.  

Somebody tried an experiment with a "pulser" circuit years ago, and found 
that it seemed to improve the battery's capacity temporarily (which a 
couple 
of proponents of these gadgets have admitted to me is the case - in their 
experience, the improvement is not permanent).  Instead of conducting an 
investigation of what was really happening, he invented a fanciful, 
scientific-sounding explanation.  Instead of setting up a test in which 
his 
invention was tried against other devices (and indeed against no device at 
all), he just cited his one-sided experiments as anecdotal evidence that 
it 
worked and left it at that.

I mean no offense to anyone.  I know that some folks really believe these 
gadgets work better than an ordinary charger.  Hey, if that's enough to 
remove the money from your pocket, fine; but I'm keeping my hand on my 
wallet.  At the risk of veering into the realm of religion, it seems to me 
that belief improperly applied just gets in the way of knowledge.  I'm 
still 
waiting for some of the latter on desulfators.


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

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