Battery pulse desulfater tested [RE-wrenches]

[Dan Whigham, SC Solar]

I have been selling the Pulse Tech units for about 3 1/2 years. We have seen
a small number of the "Solargizer " units LED lights fail. But the company
quickly replaced them with new ones. These units work best if you start with
a new battery.  Placing a Solargizer or Powerpulse on a old battery  is
like putting synthetic oil in a car that has been abused for the first
100,000 miles and expecting the engine to last longer now that you use
better oil. You may extend the life some but you are not going to get a
miracle.

The EPA has tested the Solargizer extensively, in an effort to find ways to
reduce the pollution caused by discarded batteries.  They had very favorable
results. They have posted the findings on the web, but I currently do not
have the link.
They Army , also has tested the Solargizer, with very positive results.

Brad, how large is your battery bank? We have 3 PowerPulse units on our
bank. The single units are not designed for large clusters of batteries.
Could the unit have been damaged by an increase in voltage from your PV
array?
We have had great success with the  units the past 4 years.
My 2 cents

 Dan Whigham

SC Solar
7073 Henry Harris Road
Lancaster SC 29720
www.scsolar.com
803-802-5522


----- Original Message -----
From: Brad Bassett <bsbassett at earthlink.net>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 11:50 PM
Subject: RE: Battery pulse desulfater tested [RE-wrenches]


> I put a Pulse-Tech unit on my Absolyte battery bank, the one that was
> abused and failed after a year or so. I think I would conclude that a
> de-sulfator will not cure a bad case of battery abuse at any rate. Maybe
> it will help the lifetime of a battery?? I'm not convinced. Also it
> stopped blinking after a year, so I concluded that it failed.
>
> I seem to remember reading that some PWM controllers also have a similar
> pulse effect on batteries, but don't remember which ones. Maybe the RFI
> noisy ones??
>
>
> Brad Bassett
> Schott Applied Power
> Tumwater, WA office
> bsbassett at earthlink.net
>
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