On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:12:29 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


One end of the new office space has another doorway leading into the rest of
the attic area. I've built a hallway behind it and then a hobby workshop
off of it. I hoisted a couple of big, wooden bookcases into the office and
installed hidden casters under one of them. The top of the bookcase is
attached to the door frame opening with a heavy duty steel drawslide. This
bookcase hides the doorway, but with a gentle push, slides to the right,
revealing the "secret" passageway to the workshop area.

The grandkids freaked out when they saw it. In fact, so did Mrs.E.

ROTFL!!!

I gotta do that.

That's too funny.

"Jim" wrote in message
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I remember the Apartment but I can't visualize what you did. Put it on the
tour the next time I visit Camp E. Check your mail.

Checked the mail. Nothing there.

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Jim" wrote in message
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I remember the Apartment but I can't visualize what you did. Put it on
the tour the next time I visit Camp E. Check your mail.

Checked the mail. Nothing there.

Eisboch

Soon come.

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 01:39:19 +0000, Larry wrote:

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Okay, now that I've read the detailed description, I'm convinced this
will properly charge a deep cycle battery. My charger actually has the
word SMART on the front panel. I don't see that on the photos of this
one, but the description spells it out.



Man! I musta missed something REAL important!

Running my stepvan electronics shop is two 6V, deep cycle, 660AH golf
cart monsters in series into a 750W Black and Decker inverter from Wally
World.

Power comes from the nice 40A 115/240VAC completely unregulated,
uncomputerized, MANUAL battery charger from my buddy's Amel Sharki 41, a
seriously heavy duty, full duty cycle, charger. The only "settings" on
it are LOW - Medium - HIGH in both the 115 and 240V taps on the
transformer primary. At 115VAC, open circuit voltage is about 14.4VDC,
so the charge tapers off quite nicely ending up around 2A set on low,
which you wouldn't want to perk the batteries with if you didn't use
them.

There's never been another charger applied to these batteries that are 4
years old, next month I think. Gravity in all cells is around 1.260 if
you compensate with the appropriate thermometer and chart the way you are
supposed to....

If you computer experts see my truck in the marina parking lot...PLEASE,
don't let my batteries hear anything about "smart chargers" and "Three
stage charging" and all this other nonsense Waste Marine wants $600 for,
ok? Please?! They're living quite happily with me flippin' the switch
on and off by hand and puttin a l'il of my homemade distilled water in
'em when they're needin' it.

When the ON-OFF switch is ON, the golf cart beasts are paralleled with
the two parallel red AGM diesel starting batteries and it all charges up
quite nicely paralleled like that, too! Keep this talk away from the
radiator so the AGMs don't hear it, too!

Thanks......SHHH! Keep it down!!

Larry

I think that's more than I need. But, thanks.

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:49:11 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


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On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:37:34 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"John H." wrote in message
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Whoa, back up. Did you read the description of the charger? It's part of
the same line of chargers Salty was showing pictures of.


It certainly sounds like a smart charger. The picture sure doesn't look
like one though.

Eisboch


Are you saying that it looks stupid?



No. The picture of the charger in the link that John provided looked like
the packaging style of a typical transformer type charger. It didn't look
like any of the switch mode models being produced that I've seen.
Obviously, I haven't seen them all and might be wrong.

Eisboch


Based on y'all's recommendation, Amazon is shipping it as we speak. It
better not be stupid.

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:49:11 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

wrote in message
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On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:37:34 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
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Whoa, back up. Did you read the description of the charger? It's part of
the same line of chargers Salty was showing pictures of.

It certainly sounds like a smart charger. The picture sure doesn't look
like one though.

Eisboch

Are you saying that it looks stupid?


No. The picture of the charger in the link that John provided looked like
the packaging style of a typical transformer type charger. It didn't look
like any of the switch mode models being produced that I've seen.
Obviously, I haven't seen them all and might be wrong.

Eisboch


Based on y'all's recommendation, Amazon is shipping it as we speak. It
better not be stupid.

How will you know the difference?

"Reginald P. Smithers III" [email protected] wrote in
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Based on y'all's recommendation, Amazon is shipping it as we speak. It
better not be stupid.

How will you know the difference?


If he turns it on and it hums, it's likely a transformer based charger. If
it emits a higher pitched whine, it's probably smart.

If it's very light weight is probably smart. If it's got some heft to it,
it's probably stupid.

While charging, if it outputs a constant voltage with a slowly declining
current reading until it shuts off, it's stupid. It might be an improved
"microprocessor" controlled conventional charger that isn't smart, but isn't
stupid. Sorta a 95-105 I.Q. type.

Eisboch

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:33:14 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
[email protected] wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:49:11 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

wrote in message
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On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:37:34 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
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Whoa, back up. Did you read the description of the charger? It's part of
the same line of chargers Salty was showing pictures of.

It certainly sounds like a smart charger. The picture sure doesn't look
like one though.

Eisboch

Are you saying that it looks stupid?


No. The picture of the charger in the link that John provided looked like
the packaging style of a typical transformer type charger. It didn't look
like any of the switch mode models being produced that I've seen.
Obviously, I haven't seen them all and might be wrong.

Eisboch


Based on y'all's recommendation, Amazon is shipping it as we speak. It
better not be stupid.

How will you know the difference?

I'll hook it up to my cheap motorcycle battery, and then plug it in.

If it blows up the friggin' bike, then I'll know it wasn't stupid.

I'll have an excuse to buy another bike.

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:01:03 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Reginald P. Smithers III" [email protected] wrote in
message . ..


Based on y'all's recommendation, Amazon is shipping it as we speak. It
better not be stupid.

How will you know the difference?


If he turns it on and it hums, it's likely a transformer based charger. If
it emits a higher pitched whine, it's probably smart.

If it's very light weight is probably smart. If it's got some heft to it,
it's probably stupid.

While charging, if it outputs a constant voltage with a slowly declining
current reading until it shuts off, it's stupid. It might be an improved
"microprocessor" controlled conventional charger that isn't smart, but isn't
stupid. Sorta a 95-105 I.Q. type.

Eisboch


It's not gonna hum.

And if it does, I'll probably not be able to hear it.

Therefore it's a good one.