Interesting stuff. https://youtu.be/TAHY2maRvUc
https://www.knowyourparts.com/technical-resources/blog/three-misconceptions-agm-batteries/ Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: March 27, 2022 9:10 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: ka...@striplin.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] Walmart AGM battery Yes. The Pulse tech does not have a AGM mode though. On 3/27/2022 9:08 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > Are the chargers set to AGM mode? > > > Rick > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: March 27, 2022 8:41 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>; > davesl...@okiebenz.com<mailto:davesl...@okiebenz.com> > Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: ka...@striplin.net<mailto:ka...@striplin.net> > Subject: [MBZ] Walmart AGM battery > > I have a battery out of a car that is a Walmart AGM battery dated > 12/20. This was the 140 that I could not get into the trunk and the > cables were not tight. Car sat for many months and drained it dead. > Used a pair of jumper cables connected to a good battery (battery out of > the car at this point as I was able to get into the trunk), and hooked > charger up to it. This got it charged up and unhooked 2nd battery. > Since then, both my pulse tech and various harbor freight smart charger > will never bring it to a full charger per the chargers. I hook up my > electronic battery tester and it tests good. Tried my old fashioned > carbon tester and it also showed good. Hook back up to charger and > leave it overnight and it always errors out saying overtime charge. On > the pulse tech, after being on it a certain amount of time I have > noticed it gets to the 75% light but eventually just shows bad battery. > I have not stuck it in a car to see if it will start one but I assume it > will. Why would the chargers never show it fully charged, but the volts > show 12.8-13 volts right after removing from charger, and it tests > good. Should I return it to Walmart and see if I can get it exchanged? > I am assuming they will but a tester on it and it will test good so they > wont warranty it despite it supposedly never reaching full charge. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
