

| 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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