Re: Unsmoothed car battery charger - is it crap? - Page 6

  On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:38:12 +0100, "dennis@home"


 Gassing doesn't do harm.  Dumb users do harm.  Just like with guns.

 wrote:


The bubbling is mainly released hydrogen.  This results in an unwanted
excess of sulfate ions.  You should be able to figure it out from
there.

 
wrote:


The bubbling is mainly released hydrogen.  This results in an unwanted
excess of sulfate ions.  You should be able to figure it out from
there.

Not on the finishing rate of an equalizer.  Then the gas is almost perfect
2H2 + 1O2.  That 'excess sulfate ions' is what you want in order to raise
the concentration of acid in the electrolyte near the beginning of the
charge (that's why s.g. goes up when charging).

Been there, and qualified charging electrician to do that.

daestrom

 wrote:


 I used to rock my batteries several times before a charge session.

  Let's have the "placing a lead acid battery on a concrete floor will
discharge it" discussion.

  Maybe we should submit that one to Myth Busters.

 In alt.engineering.electrical Chieftain of the Carpet Crawlers

| I used to rock my batteries several times before a charge session.
|
|  Let's have the "placing a lead acid battery on a concrete floor will
| discharge it" discussion.
|
|  Maybe we should submit that one to Myth Busters.

I wanna see some batteries explode!  Can they get 1000000 amps through it?

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