<VV> Battery Chargers

[Bob Saunders]

I have been reading up on this, looks like an interesting process.
Cheap units are available in the $50 range, kits which are set up by
Don Denhardt sell for 35-100 assembled.

does anyone in the VV world have any experience with these?

bob

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:11 AM, chris c <ricorvair at cox.net> wrote:
> desulphating do tell.
>
>
> Padgett wrote:
>>> I know a lot of Vairists keep their batteries in a charged state in cars not
>>> frequently driven with a battery minder\trickle charger.
>>>
>>
>> In the last year I have gotten quite an education (a friend is building an
>> electric car). For some years I have been using Harbor Freight "float"
>> changers with good success (
>> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=42292 ) .
>> These have been as low as $4.99 each (normally $7.99).
>>
>> However recently Ihave become aware of a process called "desulphating" that
>> has been known to revive even very dead batteries, my friend uses ex-junk
>> batteries that have had this done in his golf cart.
>>
>> I picked up a Vector (same parent as Black & Decker) "Portside" 2/30/80
>> "Smart" charger for $30 at BigLots and it seems to work very well.
>>
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