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Hi Larry,
I'm not going to get into a long debate about the value of Hydrocaps. They work as advertised, and people can decide if what Hydrocaps do is worth the cost. Al has been said on both sides of the argument. For those that can't justify the costs of Hydrocaps, *a least* get yourself some "Water Miser" caps for your batteries. They provide much of the value of Hydrocaps, are cheaper, and last forever. -- BRENT - The Usenet typo king. |
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Larry wrote:
The solar store also makes an interesting statement: "Hydrocaps will not last forever, though - life will vary from 2 years to 8 years, depending on charge rates and how they are treated. If left on during battery equalization, they can be quickly used up and/or ruined." Notice how it also tells you about combining O2 and H2 recovering water, but says nothing about what the effect of acid ingestion into the cap causes. The sales site I read did - it said if you slop electrolyte up into 'em you'll puke 'em. These fans *have* to be talking about their dock condos & fla****er party platforms, yes? Unless the catalyst got pooped early on & the cap design happens to hold & recondense water droplets better that other caps. When the batteries are kept too full, by the way. ;-) I can also attest that I once destroyed my shoreside house bank by subjecting it to a nice/new/expensive/famous 24/7/365 4-stage autofloat marine charger, these things float too high and programmed-stepping PWM switching is NOT the be-all/end-all of battery care. It is only the be-all of profits in the battery care product biz. IMHO & 40+yrsE the best battery bank condition & longest life is only obtained by having it owned or maintained by an intelligent, not-lazy person with a hydrometer, distillate & ordinary charging equipment. And yes, people have been parallel charging unequal banks for generations, do ya think? But then, we just can't open up that whole can of worms with its costly & arcane electronic monitoring panels to play with, and the highly-analyzed system specs which are accurately approximate but worshipped, right? It would be very unpopular, and the Model M Poppin' Johnny also DOES drive much better with an ECM & emission controls backfitted too, yes? IMHO the true joke, is that the people have lost sight of where higher technology is precious vs where it is unnecessary garbage that subtracts from results & provides illusions. "Honey, how many amp-hours are left (or lying to us again) on the Link 2000?"barf. :-) - f. |
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