Reply To: additives or gadgets to fix or renew batteries

[retired profile of WrethaOffGrid]

I use a Xantrex C35 charge controller, according to their manual, they use a 3 stage charge:

https://www.wsetech.com/pdfs/C_series_manual.pdf

Bulk Stage
During this stage, the batteries are charged at the bulk voltage setting and maximum current output of the DC source. When the battery voltage reaches the bulk voltage setting, the controller activates the next stage (absorption).

Absorption Stage
During this stage, the voltage of the battery is held at the bulk voltage setting until an internal timer has accumulated one hour. Current gradually declines as the battery capacity is reached.

Float Stage
During this stage, the voltage of the battery is held at the float voltage setting. Full current can be provided to the loads connected to the battery during the float stage from the PV array. When battery voltage drops below the float setting for a cumulative period of one hour, a new bulk cycle will be triggered.

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I am guilty of not equalizing my batteries, only because my inverter doesn’t run during the equalization process… I wonder how it can be explained that there are so many people posting positive reviews on these 2 products? People who say they have all but dead batteries and brought them back to live… I’m sure that some of them could be shills, but I can’t believe ALL of them are, if these didn’t work, there would be LOTS of negative reviews to go with the positive reviews…

My batteries are being used on a daily basis, almost 24-7, I live from them, they aren’t sitting idle.

I’ll listen to the podcasts, thanks for posting them Caverdude. :)

 

Wretha