I am using a dual-output, 3-stage charger, used to go to max voltage, now it trickles at a lower voltage... have no idea why.
Walter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Batteries > NO Walter, everything is NOT fine. Boiling a battery dry is caused by a > poorly engineered or very old, ferroresonant charger. It is now likely > damaging your AGM battery. You need a modern, 3 or 4-stage charger. > > There is nothing wrong with lead-acid batteries, per se. > > Ron Rogers > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Walter Knopf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > |I was using golf cart batteries (2 - 6V in series) from Sam's Club > |for a couple of years, my battery charger boiled them dry within a year. > |Now using a big AGM battery (12V) from West Marine and everything is > |just > fine. > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
