[Elecraft] Battery Charger Voltage High?

[Wes Stewart]

That's simply not true. There is a lot of information on the web about battery charging and care, particularly from manufacturers.  Yet this thread and others about battery charging are full of, frankly, lousy information.

It's not unusual to do equalization charges on wet batteries at over 15V.  Bulk charging does NOT apply excessive voltages as one commentator cannot be made to understand. And the myths go on.....


--- On Thu, 5/26/11, w0ih <mfroster at msn.com> wrote:

> My question is, do you have a 12 volt
> battery in the circuit with the
> charger.  Probably not, if the voltage is running at
> over 15 volts.
> 
> Chargers are made to run with a battery connected, which
> would drop the
> voltage to about 14.4 volts while charging, no higher.
> 
> Mike
> 
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