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UnderstandPerformanceDifferencesBeforeChoosingaTrickle
Chargervs.Maintenance12VoltBatteryCharger

SOUTHLAKE,TXMAYXX,2012Totricklechargeormaintainchargeyour12
Voltleadacidbatterieswithasmartchargerisadecisionthatmightaffectthe
healthandlifecycleofyourbatteries.

Whilebotharedesignedtoslowlyemitlowvoltagechargestoyourvehiclebattery,
restoringthebatterytoafullchargestatusoverseveralhours,thecriticaldifference
liesinthechargersabilitytoautomaticallyshutoffthechargecurrentandnot
overchargebatteries,whichcanleadtooverheatingandseriousdamage.Another
importantdifferenceistheabilityofsomemaintenancechargerstodesulfateand
cleanbatteryplates,restoringthemtonormaloperationandextendingbatterylife.

Tricklechargersaredesignedtomaintainachargeequaltotheselfdischargerateof
thebattery(2.23to2.25voltspercell)anditisrecommendedtheybedisconnected
fromthebatterytopreventthepossibilityofovercharging.Leavinganunattended
tricklechargeronfortoolongmightleadtooverheating,causingthebatterytoboil
theelectrolyte.Theoutcomewouldbeadeadbatteryoraworsecasescenarioa
possiblefire/explosion.

Amaintenancecharger(alsocalledafloatorsmartcharger),however,isatrue
plugandplayproductthattakesthehumanerrorelementoutofthebattery
chargingfunction.Maintenancechargerscanbeleftconnectedtothebattery
indefinitelywithoutriskofdamagetothebattery.

Batterymaintenancechargerscompletelyshutoffthechargecurrentoutputto
allowthebatterytosettle,andwhenthebatterysvoltagedropstoacertainpoint,
thechargerwillautomaticallyturnbackonandtopoffthebattery.Thisissafer
thanatricklecharger.

TheXtremeChargeBatteryChargerandDesulfatorfromPulseTechProducts
Corporation(www.pulsetech.net)utilizesproprietaryalgorithmscombinedwith
microprocessorcontrolledtechnologytomeasurethebatterysvoltageandcurrent
toautomaticallydetermineanddelivertheprecisechargeratebasedonthesizeand
conditionoftheindividualbattery,bothinitiallyandcontinuouslythroughoutafive
stagechargeprocess.Whilefewtricklechargersfeatureastatusofbatterycharge,
theXtremeChargeprovidesastatuslightcolumnindicatingthepercentageofthe
batterysstateofcharge25%,50%,75%or100%.

Batterysulfationisawastingdiseasethatclaimsthelifeof80%ofbatteriesinuse
worldwide.Acomparisonwouldbeyourhomecomputer,wheninfectedwitha
virusorspywareandoverloadedwithtemporaryandjunkfiles,losesspeedand
efficiency.Autilitiestuneuptoclearuptheoperatingharddriveisnecessaryto
bringsystemsbacktonormaloperations.

Unliketricklechargers,somebatterymaintenancechargersalsoemploya
desulfatingpulse,whichautomaticallycleansthebatterysplates,wheresulfation
buildupcanleadtoprematurebatteryfailure.PulseTechsseriesofbattery
maintenancechargersemployapatentedPulseTechnologyasanothertooltokeep
batteries(includingVRLA,standardfloodedcellandnewersealedAGMtypes)in
primeoperatingconditionusingaunique,strictlycontrolledrisetime,pulsewidth,
frequencyandamplitudeofcurrentandvoltagepulse.Cleanplatesmeansbatteries
canaccept,storeandreleasemaximumpowerallthetime.Batteriesregularly
maintainedwithadesulfatingpulsehavemuchimprovedlifecyclesinsomecases
upto5times.

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