Spring Cleaning and Battery Testing

On 3/19/2011 10:07 AM, Paul Remde wrote:
Hi Eric,

I'm curious, what brand and model number charger do you use that offers
those 3 charging phases. I may be interested in selling them if I can
find a good product at a good price.

I sell the Xenotronix charges. They have proven extremely reliable and
seem to take good care of glider batteries. I think they are 2 stage
(phase) chargers.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/xenotronix.htm

I use a Xenotronix 4 amp charger - 10 years now. They say they are "two
stage", but their operation is usually called "three stage" or "three
phase". They have the phases I listed: constant current, charge, float.

The Batteryminder 12 volt, 2/4/8 charger seems good, and though I
haven't used one, some motorglider pilots like it. I like the selection
of currents, which fits the different batteries I have.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)

Hi Eric,

Thanks. I'm a little surprised you use the 4A charger. The largest one I
sell so far is a 2 A charger. Are you charging multiple batteries with the
same charger at once? Or do you have a very large capacity battery?

Best Regards,

Paul Remde

"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message
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On 3/19/2011 10:07 AM, Paul Remde wrote:
Hi Eric,

I'm curious, what brand and model number charger do you use that offers
those 3 charging phases. I may be interested in selling them if I can
find a good product at a good price.

I sell the Xenotronix charges. They have proven extremely reliable and
seem to take good care of glider batteries. I think they are 2 stage
(phase) chargers.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/xenotronix.htm

I use a Xenotronix 4 amp charger - 10 years now. They say they are "two
stage", but their operation is usually called "three stage" or "three
phase". They have the phases I listed: constant current, charge, float.

The Batteryminder 12 volt, 2/4/8 charger seems good, and though I haven't
used one, some motorglider pilots like it. I like the selection of
currents, which fits the different batteries I have.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email
me)

I've been using this http://tinyurl.com/65q9tmb with good results on 7
- 14 AH batteries.

-T8

On 3/19/2011 5:40 PM, Paul Remde wrote:
Hi Eric,

Thanks. I'm a little surprised you use the 4A charger. The largest one I
sell so far is a 2 A charger. Are you charging multiple batteries with
the same charger at once? Or do you have a very large capacity battery?

The ASH 26 E can carry two 12 volt, 18 AH batteries, which I do. These
batteries can be charged at 4 amps; since I charge them in parallel, I
could actually use an 8 amp charger, and that's one reason I'm attracted
to the Batteryminder 12248.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm
http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation Mar/2004" Much of what
you need to know tinyurl.com/yfs7tnz

On 3/19/2011 5:40 PM, Paul Remde wrote:
Hi Eric,

Thanks. I'm a little surprised you use the 4A charger. The largest one I
sell so far is a 2 A charger. Are you charging multiple batteries with
the same charger at once? Or do you have a very large capacity battery?

The ASH 26 E can carry two 12 volt, 18 AH batteries, which I do. These
batteries can be charged at 4 amps; since I charge them in parallel, I
could actually use an 8 amp charger, and that's one reason I'm attracted
to the Batteryminder 12248.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm
http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation Mar/2004" Much of what
you need to know tinyurl.com/yfs7tnz

On Mar 19, 3:43*pm, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 3/19/2011 10:07 AM, Paul Remde wrote:

Hi Eric,

I'm curious, what brand and model number charger do you use that offers
those 3 charging phases. I may be interested in selling them if I can
find a good product at a good price.

I sell the Xenotronix charges. They have proven extremely reliable and
seem to take good care of glider batteries. I think they are 2 stage
(phase) chargers.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/xenotronix.htm

I use a Xenotronix 4 amp charger - 10 years now. They say they are "two
stage", but their operation is usually called "three stage" or "three
phase". They have the phases I listed: constant current, charge, float.

The Batteryminder 12 volt, 2/4/8 charger seems good, and though I
haven't used one, some motorglider pilots like it. I like the selection
of currents, which fits the different batteries I have.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)

Yes, the PowerSonic "A-C" chargers work the same way. There's really
three "phases" even though they call them dual rate.

See the last page in this document:
http://www.power-sonic.com/images/po..._11_Jan_12.pdf

I should have posted this link before. Here's an excellent document
describing all aspects of SLA batteries from construction to use/ca

http://www.power-sonic.com/images/po...hManual-Lo.pdf

Hi,

Nice document. I'll add that to my Power-Sonic web page.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

"Westbender" wrote in message
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I should have posted this link before. Here's an excellent document
describing all aspects of SLA batteries from construction to use/ca

http://www.power-sonic.com/images/po...hManual-Lo.pdf