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battery equalization is something that

is definitely recommended by a lot of

people but there's implications of doing

that serious implications of doing

battery fertilization when you equalize

the batteries you're going to need to

have a specific gravity meter to be

checking all the cell's so that adds and

you've got to remember you've got to

have safety goggles because the cells

are going to be charged at a very very

high voltage and that that voltage the

cells are actually popping and cracking

that the water inside you're actually

going to see the water boil I mean the

sulfuric acid in the cell is going to be

boiling and so you need to have AI wears

incredibly important you don't want to

get too close to the cells and you need

to top off the cell because it's all

happening

further to that the other issue that you

have when you do Inquisition is you're

going to make sure that there are no

loads connected to the batteries because

not all loads are okay with having 15 or

16 volts right because that's what the

batteries are going to be undergoing I

mean that's what you are you're pushing

this higher voltage onto the batteries

and if you've got loads connected to

that and they're seeing 60 volts you

might have some problem with some of

your loads not all those can take a

higher voltage so what I always

recommend to people when they're doing

Equalization you've got to really take

this seriously it's not like throw a

flick of a switch go away come back

after 12 hours you've got to be really

involved in measuring the specific

gravity of each cell while this is so it

all happens top off the cells as some

are boiling more than others have

protective eyewear right make sure the

loads are not connected and so generally

I actually always recommend only for

expert do it yourself for people to do

equalization because you're going to

remember you're doing equalization on a

boat you're not doing in a lab in a

garage it's one thing to do equalization

in the back of a shop you know where

everything's fine if you're doing this

on your boat and generally you cherish

your boat and something goes wrong it

can get serious pretty fast so I

generally tend to recommend to people to

take equalization even though it's a

great thing to do

that with the utmost care just because

there's a lot involved in actually doing

it properly and then also choosing the

battery chemistry that's often

overlooked people just assume that a

battery is a battery but if you have an

AGM or a gel battery make sure you

choose the right battery chemistry on

the battery charger so that the charge

profile is matched to the battery that

you're going to be using

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