Caution Re: <VV> Battery

[Kent Sullivan]

Yes--absolutely. The type of charger Frank recommends is what I have. I
don't even think about the "bad" trickle chargers any more... My mistake for
not drawing the distinction. Thanks Frank!

--Kent
-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of FrankCB at aol.com
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 10:09 AM
To: kentsu at corvairkid.com; VirtualVairs at corvair.org
Subject: Caution Re: <VV> Battery

 
Jason and Kent,
    That's quite true.  However, if you just put  on most "trickle chargers"

they will charge the battery up too high and begin  decomposing the 
electrolyte making hydrogen which is not safe to have  indoors.  Also, the
electrolyte 
level will drop below the level of the  plates and you have to regularly add

distilled water to bring it back up over  the top of the plates.  Better to
use 
a charger that's designed to stay  connected to the battery for long periods

of time without overcharging, Like the  Battery Tender Plus which has 3 
charging levels.  As the battery comes up  on charge, the unit will
automatically 
switch to the lowest level of charge  which is about 13.5 volts, just enough
to 
keep the battery charged, but not too  much to cause electrolyte
decomposition. 
 Using one of these regularly  enabled me to get 11.5 YEARS of service (and 
over 100,000 miles) from my  factory original Delco battery in my
"Dustbuster".
    Frank "what, me obsessive?" Burkhard
 
In a message dated 9/9/2007 8:12:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
kentsu at corvairkid.com writes:

Jason,  the replica battery should not go south quickly if you have a
trickle
charger on it. Those help a lot with replica  batteries.

--Kent







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