Re: [MBZ] Battery desulfator

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

 As an aside, when I tried to start the Pisten Bully the other day the 
batteries were pretty flat. I pulled them and put 'em on the charger. Each got 
24 hours on the 10a charger (they seemed to draw about 4a for 3 or so hours and 
then dropped down to 2) and 24 hours on the desulfator 
https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200332201_200332201?cm_mmc=Housefile-_-RECEIVED-_-707-_-CONF
Last night when we had fuel troubles (see my last message) the batteries 
performed admirably, we cranked the snot out of that thing. They each carry a 
2014 date code.
The 24v system (2x 12v batteries) in the PB is fantastic, it cranks over good 
at all temps. If its really cold a shot of go-go juice helps but usually isn't 
required and that's with 15w40 conventional oil in it...

-Curt

On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 12:47:44 PM EST, Mitch Haley via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 Was 19.45 on November 30th.
Cyber Monday deal?
https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B07W46BX31

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Re: [MBZ] Battery desulfator

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

Was 19.45 on November 30th.
Cyber Monday deal?
https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B07W46BX31

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Re: [MBZ] Battery desulfator

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Read this thread at the 500E forum. There are a couple of people there who have 
come close ot making careers over reviewing and understanding when these things 
do.

https://www.500eboard.co/forums/threads/battery-maintainer-recommendations.14521/
 


-D

> On Dec 18, 2020, at 2:44 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> I presume that idea of these things is to take an old dead battery and 
> resurrect it by cleaning off the sulfur gunk off the plates?  I got plenty of 
> test subjects sitting around.
> 
> I see this 1A model for 
> https://www.amazon.com/NOCO-GENIUS1-Fully-Automatic-Temperature-Compensation/dp/B07W46BX31
>  for $29.50 and a 2A for $54, 5A for $65.  I guess the idea is to put it on a 
> battery and leave it for some extended period while it does its magic?  So 
> the smaller one will just take longer to work?
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Battery desulfator

[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

http://jgdarden.com/batteryfaq/carfaq16.htm

This is the article I was thinking of.  "Equalizing" is what he calls it,
not "rebalancing".
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Max
Charleston SC


On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 2:45 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> I presume that idea of these things is to take an old dead battery and
> resurrect it by cleaning off the sulfur gunk off the plates?  I got
> plenty of test subjects sitting around.
>
> I see this 1A model for
>
> https://www.amazon.com/NOCO-GENIUS1-Fully-Automatic-Temperature-Compensation/dp/B07W46BX31
> for $29.50 and a 2A for $54, 5A for $65.  I guess the idea is to put it
> on a battery and leave it for some extended period while it does its
> magic?  So the smaller one will just take longer to work?
>
> --
> --FT
>
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Re: [MBZ] Battery desulfator

[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

Well I'm not sure that going bigger than 2A is going to decrease the 'cure'
time.  When I was looking at these, I thought that the magic was in the
voltage spike / harmonics, not the current rating.

I also read an article from a guy who seemed to be very knowledgeable on
battery chemistry and his recommendation was a "rebalancing" process to fix
a weak / dead battery, whereby he basically would over-charge the battery
for some limited period of time, and then test and fix the electrolyte
levels and water levels.


-
Max
Charleston SC


On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 2:45 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> I presume that idea of these things is to take an old dead battery and
> resurrect it by cleaning off the sulfur gunk off the plates?  I got
> plenty of test subjects sitting around.
>
> I see this 1A model for
>
> https://www.amazon.com/NOCO-GENIUS1-Fully-Automatic-Temperature-Compensation/dp/B07W46BX31
> for $29.50 and a 2A for $54, 5A for $65.  I guess the idea is to put it
> on a battery and leave it for some extended period while it does its
> magic?  So the smaller one will just take longer to work?
>
> --
> --FT
>
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[MBZ] Battery desulfator

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

I presume that idea of these things is to take an old dead battery and 
resurrect it by cleaning off the sulfur gunk off the plates?  I got 
plenty of test subjects sitting around.


I see this 1A model for 
https://www.amazon.com/NOCO-GENIUS1-Fully-Automatic-Temperature-Compensation/dp/B07W46BX31 
for $29.50 and a 2A for $54, 5A for $65.  I guess the idea is to put it 
on a battery and leave it for some extended period while it does its 
magic?  So the smaller one will just take longer to work?


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--FT


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