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Old 08-31-2022, 12:41 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by Gialren View Post
Is there an article somewhere about how they affect the battery? I am interested in research as usual with graphs and bars.
calcification of the plates does tend to happen as part of any constant charging cycle. many battery maintainers tend to try to abate it a little by introducing an a/c waveform into the charging cycle to 'jiggle' the deposits loose from the plates.


my experience is that intelligent battery chargers with a 'battery recovery' mode will do a better job at it anyways.

*went 7 years on the oem battery alternating between the maintainer for extended parked periods and 2 recovery cycles on the charger near the end of the 7 years.
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