Extremely intelligent life must exist in the universe.
You can tell because they never tried to contact us.
Jeannette, after you have let your batteries rest overnigt, do they
still show 14.4 V. My expectation is that you would foind them
shoiwing 12.8 V which indicates a fully charged battery. The three
stages are different in the amps delivered by the alternator to the
batteries, bulk is about 25% of their capoacity, acceptancea around
10% and float about 1% of the capacity, but always at 14.4 V - it's
only the "equalization" which your smart regulator may not have that
injects 16 V at low amperage to remove the sulfation of the plates by
making the battery "boil" for about half an hour, after which you;ve
got to add some distilled water to bring back the level of electrolyte
john