Re: (ET) charginf

[JBR <reinharj frontiernet net>]

On Friday 28 July 2006 04:12 pm, Neil Dennis wrote:
> 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
>
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