Battery conditioners
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 9:55 pm
'evening one and all.
I've got a new toy, I'm curious if one of it's functions is clown science or if it may do as advertised.
I have a couple of batteries in my garage that I keep for jump starting things if required. One is from a 2.0 diesel focus and the other from a 1.6 diesel one
the larger one is 70ah - 680cca, smaller one is 70ah - 570cca
When playing with the test function on my new toy, the large battery shows 12.8v and the CCA test is showing 228. The smaller one shows 12.6v and a CCA of 332.
To make sure the smart charger (Ring RSC612 for those that are interested) isn't telling porkies I tried it on the battery in my car which is supposed to be the same spec as the larger spare battery (i'd need to take it out to read the sticker) and I get 718cca and 12.8v.
This fancy new charger has a "restore" function which says "Used to restore batteries from a deep discharge as low as 2.0 volts". Not trusting it to actually do anything I've been having a probe with my meter.
What it seems to be doing is increasing the voltage up to 15v over a period of 20 seconds, holding it there for 40 seconds then waiting for the voltage to drop to 14v before doing it again.
Is that likely to do anything (other than start a fire) or am I wasting time when I should just throw them away?
I've got a new toy, I'm curious if one of it's functions is clown science or if it may do as advertised.
I have a couple of batteries in my garage that I keep for jump starting things if required. One is from a 2.0 diesel focus and the other from a 1.6 diesel one
the larger one is 70ah - 680cca, smaller one is 70ah - 570cca
When playing with the test function on my new toy, the large battery shows 12.8v and the CCA test is showing 228. The smaller one shows 12.6v and a CCA of 332.
To make sure the smart charger (Ring RSC612 for those that are interested) isn't telling porkies I tried it on the battery in my car which is supposed to be the same spec as the larger spare battery (i'd need to take it out to read the sticker) and I get 718cca and 12.8v.
This fancy new charger has a "restore" function which says "Used to restore batteries from a deep discharge as low as 2.0 volts". Not trusting it to actually do anything I've been having a probe with my meter.
What it seems to be doing is increasing the voltage up to 15v over a period of 20 seconds, holding it there for 40 seconds then waiting for the voltage to drop to 14v before doing it again.
Is that likely to do anything (other than start a fire) or am I wasting time when I should just throw them away?