ste7ios
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Keeping a lead acid battery healthy is more about chemistry management and less about electricity...
A well built charger must compensate with temperature, must stop charging before gassing occurs, brake effectively soft sulfation without harming the battery, must have quality electronics (precision is needed), and of course an algorithm...
Lead acid charging is not simple and not every charger / maintainer out there is 100% effective. Only a few are ok and can give us the best of our battery.
e.g. Oxford Maximizer seems that it's not one of them. On the other hand PulseTech, OptiMate, ctek & Yuasa chargers are really effective.
A well built charger must compensate with temperature, must stop charging before gassing occurs, brake effectively soft sulfation without harming the battery, must have quality electronics (precision is needed), and of course an algorithm...
Lead acid charging is not simple and not every charger / maintainer out there is 100% effective. Only a few are ok and can give us the best of our battery.
e.g. Oxford Maximizer seems that it's not one of them. On the other hand PulseTech, OptiMate, ctek & Yuasa chargers are really effective.