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Subject:Re: Small smart charger with equalize mode?
From:Loren Busch
Date:Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:44:05 -0700

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> The Progressive Dynamics Charge Wizard is affordably priced, but I'm not
> convinced it's the best for my Trojan flooded cell lead-acid deep cycle
> battery.
>
> On table 2 at
> <http://www.trojanbattery.com/**BatteryMaintenance/Charging.**aspx<http://www.trojanbattery.com/BatteryMaintenance/Charging.aspx>>,
> Trojan
> Battery says the correct voltage for equalizing a 12 volt nominal
> battery is 15.5 volts.
>
> The Charge Wizard uses 14.4 V (
> <http://www.progressivedyn.**com/prod_details/charge_**wizard.html<http://www.progressivedyn.com/prod_details/charge_wizard.html>>
> ) for
> its equalizing mode.
>
> Isn't that too low for proper equalizing?
>

Depends on the battery type.  For AGM (VRLA as Trojan calls them, see their
definitions under battery types) the 14.4 is correct.  And their table does
not show a voltage for equalizing and AGM battery.

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