I think Prosine is about the best you can get, I had a Prosine 3000 watt in the back of my camper for power and I had the display panel mounted by the unit, in one of my accidents I has about 2 years ago something I had in the back of my truck became a projectile and took out the display. I have yet to repair it so In the meantime I have my spare Vector 3000 watt as a backup.
It works fine but nothing like the Prosine did. People ask why do you need such an expensive inverter but that is the way I do things, I got is for less than $1,000.00.

Equalizing a battery does Desulphate in the process but I have read somewhere about some high-end units that also condition the battery.

There are different methods, some inject the battery with high voltage pulses to break up the sulphation and one unit actually desulphates batteries by putting out a certain frequency that makes the crystalline sulphate go back into solution.

http://pulsetech.net/about/about.html

Has your inverter ever shut down from low battery while you were camping? Is your charge line connected from ther truck through your connector?

Be VERY careful when creating sparks near a battery. Especially if it has removable caps and they are off. The hydrogen and oxygen given off from the battery is very explosive. I blew one up once and got acid all over me and ruined the battery.

I always wondered why the guys at the old gas stations were so ugly like their face blew up, the ones who would jab screwdrivers or pound on the battery terminals with a wrench to get it to work, while they had a cigarette hanging out of their mouth.

Back in the 1976 when I worked for the county I was working on a Sunday and one of the utilities there was a low rider with the hydraulics. They would run the 12 volt stolen lift gate pump on 24 volts to make them jump faster, he brought his batteries to the shop and connected then up to the charge rack and turned it on, full on. I smelled the hydrogen sulphide gas and went to investigate and found the batteries were puffed up like a ball sitting on the floor.
I went outside and switched off the emergency then carefully covered the batteries with a trashcan till they cooled.
The battery charger was a motor driven generator and he had it set on high, which was 500 amps.

Jim

 

This is my second Prosine - - I agree about it being the best. If you see the output wave on a scope you quickly understand.

Shut down? Oh yeh. For those that have not been around the Prosine, you can set the shutdown voltage so while using it on inverter, it will shut off when and if the battery voltage goes too low so you don't hurt the batteries. You can also set the low AC voltage so all electric shuts off and the inverter kicks in if the shore power goes low - - saves burning up some expensive electronics.

I understand the Prosine does spike the equalize cycle periodically as you suggest. Good stuff - - and factory service was outstanding. Mine argued with the Mexically Electrical Company - - didn't understand Spanish - - and blew the logic boards. Took it by the factory just north of Seattle on Thursday afternoon at 3 pm, they called at noon on Friday - - it was ready to be picked up. WOW. Xantrex makes some good products.

Bob

 

Do you have the 1314, or the 1315 ??

100 amps or 200 amps ??

It is rather exciting to be sitting in a 24-volt CAT articulating loader when all four batteries, under the seat, decide to melt all the posts.

Locomotive battery banks are also fun to have to work with.


A very good idea and could save a vehicle from a burn down.


I had never heard of this before; I can't wait to find a dirty top battery and check this out.

Thanks very much.