![]() On the idi forum-agnem-is trying out a charger thats supposed to take care of batterys sulfating-and he said it works-dont remember the name of the system-he was having one of his trucks set for a bit-and thats when the problem developed-it restored his batteris-and this thing requires very little power-uses pulse technology. ![]() The question becomes, where do you want to be when they fail? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/vulnerable.gif FWI, these trucks will start on one fair battery and one poor battery in cold (about freezing) weather. How much more should I expect?īack to the original question- Any stress on a battery will shorten it's life. I got about 130k and better than 4 years from the OEM batteries. But they also get a whole lot more care than my truck does. If I get 20k miles more (about 8 months for me) out of a set of batteries using a charger, was it worth the hassle of plugging it in every night, or would I be better off to bite the bullet and spend the $150 for a pair of batteries and not have to deal with plugging the truck in? On my motorcycles, its a no brainer, I use a conditioner. I know some of the battery gurus will recommend using the chargers on everything, but I look at the "hassle" factor. These are great for infrequent use vehicles. Some of the better trickle/float chargers do a great job at maintaining and conditioning your batteries. They may recover for awhile, but they will die in the not too distant future. ![]() If you've got batteries that are several years old, and they've been heavily stressed, as deep discharge will do, they're not going to ever fully recover. A higher output charger may only further the death of your batteries, by essentially burning off the electrolyte. It can take several days for a small (re: low output) charger to fully charge 2 batteries.
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