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(ET) charginf
More beating on the poor horse. At room temp (like low 70's actual
battery temp) a good lead acid batt should rest at between 2.1 and 2.2
volts per cell, a charger at that voltage isn't going to do much other
than maintain (and cause sulfation). It the batt itself is at a higher
temp, it should read a higher voltage by a bit . I spent a lot of years
working on charging systems for a big company, we built the voltage
regulator for a 12 volt nominal system to control at 14.4 at 79 degrees
and up to 15.5 volts at engine compartment temps. So anyhow, the GE
charger is designed to run at about 45 to 47 volts as per their
manuals. So I guess they had a reason.
wombat