battery charging and death

[Huw Powell]

> I take it you do not believe in sulfation/desulfation?  ;-)  I believe
> I first heard of it from Brett a few weeks ago.  I didn't question the
> process.  He spoke of a circuit that can be made to reverse the
> process.  I have since read of the circuit other places and seen other
> ready-made solutions like BLS for sale.  It never hit my cynic button.
> Maybe it should have...

Well, I don't "think" the sulfation thing is an issue of "belief".  It's 
just a fact, no faith required to make it work.

What hit my cynic button wasn't so much the underlying technology here 
as a few other things.  For starters, on that BLS site, there was that 
whole flouride thing.

Then, each of these places that sells these things acts like they are 
the sole and original inventors of sliced bread.

Finally, if a $40 "black box" attached to a battery, in a car, will 
improve battery performance and life, I have to wonder why cars (and 
especially other tougher duty equipment) don't have them *built in* yet? 
  The technology certainly seems to be mature, judging by the number of 
vendors (and Pulse Tech's late 80's patent).  Surely this could be a 
sellin point (or part of a winter package)?  "Our vehicles include XYZ 
battery protection technology".

I also needed an excuse to make a joke about hockey pucks.

-- 
Huw Powell

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