(ET) charginf

[Neil Dennis <wombatt gmail com>]

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