Given the dollars involved, I was hesitant to directly commit all three to the experiment, at least for starters. I’d start by attaching the ring terminals of one Pulse Tech SolarPulse unit to one of my Dekas. Given the $600 cost of one new Deka 4D gellcell, I theorized that being able to extend the life of all three would save me hundreds of dollars in the long term. But I had a financial axe to grind as well. Certainly I had a scientific axe to grind by adding Pulse Tech technology to Betty’s electrics: I wanted to know whether it actually works in the real world. I had three Deka Dominator 4D gellcell batteries onboard, all approximately five years old-prime candidates for some life-extending rejuvenation-and parallel-wired into a single battery bank maintained by a shore power-energized Freedom 2000 inverter/charger. My test platform was my own boat, Betty Jane. Such conditioning, Burkett concluded, could keep sulfates from building up in new batteries and rejuvenate older batteries by reducing established sulfate accumulations, and even bring some dead batteries back to life. This ringing, Burkett further discovered, could cause sulfation crystals-the little devils that accumulate on the lead plates of older and/or unused lead-acid batteries and reduce both capacity and cranking power-to shatter like wine glasses and return to the battery’s acid as active electrolyte. According to Pulse Tech, the idea was initially stumbled upon by accident when inventor Wilford Burkett found that for some reason charging a battery with fast rise-time pulses at carefully controlled frequencies and rates could cause a resonance within the battery, rather like ringing a bell. The concept of desulfation is a little mysterious. The SP2 with the smallest collector carries a list price of $99.95. After 4 years of every-other day charging/discharging, the PulseTech charged battery plates still look almost new.The ERV model that we tested has a larger collector than the SP5 model and retails for $199.95. This photo shows the results of a 4-year test conducted by PulseTech, showing how pulse charging technology helps prevent this damaging buildup. Eventually, the battery will not hold enough of a charge to function properly. These deposits effectively insulate the battery plates, making it harder and harder for the battery to create electrical current. To understand how pulse conditioning works, you need to know that batteries ‘wear out’ because the electrolyte inside them slowly crystallizes over time, building up lead sulfite deposits on the battery plates. The flexible, replaceable cables fit in the case for easy storage and are easy to disconnect and safely move to the next battery since no current flows through the cable until connected to the battery. There is no danger of overheating or overcharging, no matter how long the batteries stay connected to the unit, so you don’t need to constantly monitor them. The SC-6 gives you one-switch control over the recovery/charging process, with 5 LED indicators per each channel, showing the battery’s condition at a glance (battery disconnected, bad battery, recovery charge, pulse charge, charge complete). PulseTech’s patented pulse technology removes sulfate crystal buildup from the battery plates, restoring them to peak condition, and extending the life of your batteries up to 5 times.Įase of use is one of PulseTech’s hallmarks. #BATTERY PULSE TECK PORTABLE#The SC-6 features a compact, portable ‘suitcase’ configuration, allowing you to carry it easily to wherever your batteries are stored.Įach independent charging channel profiles the condition of the connected battery, and automatically runs through the individual recovery and charge cycle needed. Each charging station operates independently of the others, allowing you to charge any combination of lead acid battery types (VRLA, AGM, flooded and gel cell) at the same time. The SC-6 HD Recovery Charger allows you to ‘revive’ and charge up to six 12V lead acid batteries simultaneously. Recover and Condition up to Six Batteries at a Time
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