Nigel..Megapulse question

Would you recommend them to people?

I was lookin at the the other day too, they sound too good to be true!

The Brock thing is laughable, and 15 yrs ago!

HI.
What is 'no antimony' in the lead batteries. I do not know what that is.

Edify me please :)

Regards

Yes Eric.
It is a bit of a worry. When I read the recommended reports I sort of read that between the lines. I think the German report did say that damage was caused to the plates. Thinking along those lines, how long before plates short are circuited by the Debris.

The CSIRO report to my way of thinking seemed to squeeze everything into a very short span of time under rather severe conditions and yet two of the batteries with the same voltage mega-pulse device dod-ah gave vastly different readings. The German test as I recall were all done with batteries already rejected as dead or there abouts.

What we need I thing is a nice long test that is connected to (several) battery for the life of the battery and then compare the results to batteries, same brand and type that were subjected to the same things but were not fitted with the Pulse-charge.

Just a thought. I was talking to an older 4WD club member at the meeting last night and he told me that as I have nothing to loose anymore with the deep cycle battery that I have with the dead cell, perhaps I should try the old 'bushie' trick of putting a teaspoon full of Epsom's salts into it and see if it really works or it is an old wives tale.

Regards

So I guess the best option is to use your battery regularly then fully recharge it ASAP (and don't expect the alternator to supply 100% recharge).

Otherwise it's a choice between sulphation or possible plate damage.

I guess using a megapulse sometimes would de-sulphate but not cause any many problems as one connected permanently.

Hi Eric.
Too late, I put the ES in before I read your reply. I did however put a digital volt metre across the terminals and sure enough 10.4 volts.

Like I said too late. Now we will see if the ES can help. The battery is on the onboard Power Switching Converter and pumping out 13.8 volts. I will leave it on for about 24 hours or may be more and see what happens. I also have a battery charger that is capable of what the maker jokingly call fast charging of 12 amps with surge capability of 18 amps.

In the past, and I may try it again, I connected my charger to the generator and cranked the revs up so as it is running 60 Mhz cycle. That way I was putting in a continuous 12-15 amps.

A good boil with the ES in it may just fix it, or............completely.

Regards

Hi Nigel.
How old is your deep cycle battery?

Regards

Hi Nigel again.

I will be interested to see how you go.

Remember I had to return one before the 6 months warranty period as it would not hold a charge, and the replacement one was confirmed dead with the dead cell at 18 months, but I suspect that it died a couple of months ago as the wife was complaining the fridge was not getting cold as it should when we were on our last trip.

I was remiss and did not put the hydro in to check.

Upon reflection and an educated guess, I would say it died after about 14 months. So much for the good old slogan "Made in the good old US of A", phooey!

From now one my next battery will be Australian. By the way what brand and AHr size is yours?

Regards