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Charging sealed batteries with Alton alternators
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<blockquote data-quote="1660bob" data-source="post: 43202" data-attributes="member: 366"><p>I would keep away from "maintenance" chargers- I used constant charging from an "Fully Automatic" charger on a mobility scooter and kyboshed two sets of perfectly good batteries in a depressingly short time(one set brand new).I took advice from very knowledgeable and helpful staff at a charity mobility workshop in the North of England (Skelmersdale-recommended!)who told me to "Only charge the batteries as little as possible" They explained that so called maintenance chargers never let up, and ,sensing even a small voltage drop, immediately get to work pumping up your batteries again and again needlessly, night and day, week in week out.The trouble with this is that the batteries themselves can only be charged a finite number of times before they are past it- and they soon are if constantly hooked up to an auto charger. Since then, I manage the scooter batteries by running it almost right down through normal use, and then give them a charge and disconnect the charger-result- the latest set of batteries are as hairy chested as ever 9 months into their life, whereas the last (new, Lucas) set were going iffy after six months, Bob</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1660bob, post: 43202, member: 366"] I would keep away from "maintenance" chargers- I used constant charging from an "Fully Automatic" charger on a mobility scooter and kyboshed two sets of perfectly good batteries in a depressingly short time(one set brand new).I took advice from very knowledgeable and helpful staff at a charity mobility workshop in the North of England (Skelmersdale-recommended!)who told me to "Only charge the batteries as little as possible" They explained that so called maintenance chargers never let up, and ,sensing even a small voltage drop, immediately get to work pumping up your batteries again and again needlessly, night and day, week in week out.The trouble with this is that the batteries themselves can only be charged a finite number of times before they are past it- and they soon are if constantly hooked up to an auto charger. Since then, I manage the scooter batteries by running it almost right down through normal use, and then give them a charge and disconnect the charger-result- the latest set of batteries are as hairy chested as ever 9 months into their life, whereas the last (new, Lucas) set were going iffy after six months, Bob [/QUOTE]
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