Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:59:25 -0500
Reply-To: "Chris S." <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
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From: "Chris S." <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Just hibernating & a battery mystery
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You have the "automatic" version. I have the microprocessor controlled one like model 71227.
Chris.
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Dnia Jan 26, 2012 o godz. 13:23 Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com> napisał(a):
> Hi Chris,
>
> Maybe not all DieHard battery chargers incorporate a desulfating mode. The manual for this Diehard model # 71222 says nothing about it. It would be nice if it had such a thing.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> Bend, Ore.
> 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
> 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
>
> Sent from my kitchen.
>
> On 01/25/2012 06:25 PM, Chris S. wrote:
>> The electronic Sears DieHard chargers have an automatic desulfation mode when they detect such conditions.
>>
>> Good to hear about your winter nut stash. Maybe you got lucky in more ways than one.
>>
>> Chris.
>>
>> Wysłane z iPhone'a
>>
>> Dnia Jan 25, 2012 o godz. 16:13 Rocket J Squirrel<camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a):
>>
>>> In case anyone is wondering where the heck I've been. Admit it, you have
>>> been.
>>>
>>> My Westy is dozing under a Just Kampers vehicle cover (Vanagon content!)
>>> for the duration of the Bend, Oregon, winter. I have many projects which
>>> I was unable to get around to completing last year that I hope to get to
>>> in spring. Camping got in the way. Boo hoo.
>>>
>>> Until camping weather returns, Mrs Squirrel and I are snugged away in
>>> our little house with the nuts and firewood (four cord!) we gathered
>>> last summer.
>>>
>>> My mainly non-Vanagon postings are at<http://socal2bend.blogspot.com/>,
>>> for those interesting in Keeping Up With The Skuirrels.
>>>
>>> In the past 24 hours, Mt. Bachelor ski area has picked up 8'' of snow
>>> for those who ski (me? no: pot-metal knee). Snow's at something like
>>> 100'' of depth.
>>>
>>> For Westy-related fun I like to spot Vanagons in town. Yesterday I saw
>>> four, one of which appeared to be a 1984 ivory Westy just like ours.
>>>
>>> I may have killed my expensive Trojan deep-cycle 130 A/h battery. The
>>> van had been parked for a few weeks, slumbering, with a light (200mA)
>>> load on it (the load is primarily the Xantech battery monitor thingy).
>>>
>>> But the smart charger I usually keep connected to the battery had come
>>> unplugged, unbeknownst to me. So the load drained the battery.
>>>
>>> When I climbed into the van last week to take a bunch of boxes of
>>> seasonal decorations down to our storage facility, I saw that the
>>> battery was showing less than 7 volts. This should mean that the battery
>>> is so deeply discharged that it is damaged beyond recovery.
>>>
>>> I popped over to Sears and picked up a 10A "not dumb" charger, pulled
>>> the battery, and put a charge on it. In about 12 hours it showed a
>>> fully-charged battery. Now, one week after the charger has been removed,
>>> it still shows 12.48 volts (50 degrees F), and the float-type hydrometer
>>> says "100%."
>>>
>>> Does this make sense? Shouldn't this battery be pretty much a lead and
>>> sulfur-filled brick?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>> Bend, Ore.
>>> 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
>>> 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
>>> San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
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