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H. L. Chauvin · 03-31-2014, 01:03 PM

1. Battery maintainers have been around for decades; some generating enough heat to heat a small office; some sounding loud enough to drown out a baseball announcer on a radio station (2) blocks away; some catching on fire; some exploding; & many top brand battery maintainers only lasting a few months -- absolutely no doubt many of us have either experienced this or heard about this.

2. According to reports on the internet, in the late 1990's "Desulfation" technology came about in which a "few" battery maintainers incorporated a patent whereby desulfation pulses of about 1,000,000 per minute were reported to clean sulfates & double battery life. Many cardinals & bishops of battery religion dogma declared it heresy.

3. FWIW, in risking getting burned at the stake by cardinals & bishops of the Model A religions & the battery maintainer religions, I bought a red SP-1 6/12 Volt 2 Amp Schumacher SP-1 for about $29.00 offered on Amazon.com with a microprocessor "desulfation" mode.

4. I had an old 6 Volt battery that with my old 2A/4A 6/12 V battery charger I could never get it to register up to 6 volts on "either" of my two GE analog volt meters; however, after attaching my new little red SP-1 for 48 hours, this same battery got up to about 6.2 volts & has stayed there for 3 days unattended -- no noise, no excess heat.

5. The internet is full of pros & cons of "personal opinions" reports on battery maintainers with a later developed "desulfation" mode. Also has lab reports.

6. FWIW: Just sharing "one" (1) experience ...... on "one" (1) new battery maintainer ........ on "one" (1) battery. May not work for everyone on every battery.

03-31-2014, 01:03 PM	#1
H. L. Chauvin Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 4,179	New Battery Maintainers - Desulfation Mode 1. Battery maintainers have been around for decades; some generating enough heat to heat a small office; some sounding loud enough to drown out a baseball announcer on a radio station (2) blocks away; some catching on fire; some exploding; & many top brand battery maintainers only lasting a few months -- absolutely no doubt many of us have either experienced this or heard about this. 2. According to reports on the internet, in the late 1990's "Desulfation" technology came about in which a "few" battery maintainers incorporated a patent whereby desulfation pulses of about 1,000,000 per minute were reported to clean sulfates & double battery life. Many cardinals & bishops of battery religion dogma declared it heresy. 3. FWIW, in risking getting burned at the stake by cardinals & bishops of the Model A religions & the battery maintainer religions, I bought a red SP-1 6/12 Volt 2 Amp Schumacher SP-1 for about $29.00 offered on Amazon.com with a microprocessor "desulfation" mode. 4. I had an old 6 Volt battery that with my old 2A/4A 6/12 V battery charger I could never get it to register up to 6 volts on "either" of my two GE analog volt meters; however, after attaching my new little red SP-1 for 48 hours, this same battery got up to about 6.2 volts & has stayed there for 3 days unattended -- no noise, no excess heat. 5. The internet is full of pros & cons of "personal opinions" reports on battery maintainers with a later developed "desulfation" mode. Also has lab reports. 6. FWIW: Just sharing "one" (1) experience ...... on "one" (1) new battery maintainer ........ on "one" (1) battery. May not work for everyone on every battery.