On 02/13/2011 03:05 PM, raypsi wrote:
Hey OM:

All well and good but taking the battery up to 15.5volts is ok as long
as you keep adding water and have a well vented area to charge them
in. I tried a tested and true way of not going over 14.2 volts took to
long to get the full charge you can check it with a hydrometer and see
that best you can get is 80% of full charge going with 14.2 volts.


That's the entire point of float charging a battery...
you do not have to add water and you do not have excess hydrogen
production...in "normal" charging...the battery voltage would rise to
approx 15volts during the last 20 minutes or so of charge

The OP specifically said he wanted to float charge



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