GC batteries [RE-wrenches]

[Windy Dankoff, Dankoff Solar]

<x-flowed>>I have a customer who bought 16 Golf cart size batteries before he met me
>and apparently the EQ voltage was never adjusted from the default setting on
>his Trace 4024.
>
>We have EQ'd them for a total of 10 hours over 2 days and the gravity will
>not rise over
>1.250 - 1.275. the batteries are around 18 months old. I hate to tell him
>they are sulfated. But I am starting to wonder.
>Should I keep EQ'ing them and see what happens?


You're wise to use a hydrometer. 1.275 is about max for a healthy, 
fully charged golf cart battery. I'd give it a bit more EQ time to 
see if the lower cells can get within .005 of the max ones.

Windy

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