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Larry

Travelmate wrote in news:597bbdac-ab1f-45b5-
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I installed the Balmar 612 regulator and selected the P03 - Gel
battery program which has a bulk voltage of 14.1. Need to set the bulk
at 14.4 as I use Sonnenschein Gel batteries. Went into the advanced
settings and adjusted bulk (Bu) to 14.4 but the regulator still
regulates at the 14.1 setting.
Also the actual float voltage is 13.4 even though the P03 setting is
13.7
Have emailed Balmar who said it is operating normally???
Am I missing something on the programming or is the regulator faulty.

Tony

I think it's working fine. These are BATTERIES, not fine Swiss watches. A
few tenths of a volt in any direction is of no consequence....

Cut the charger off and run the batteries down to 12.2V overnight, not at
500A discharge.....

Turn the charger on and let it recharge the batteries for 24 hours....not
30 minutes.

Did the voltages come back up to here? It's fine.....(c;

The float voltage of any batteries isn't going to be what it says in the
brochure, especially after the first 6 months. 13.2-13.8 is fine after the
charger stops charging....

Too bad we can use my temperature compensated hydrometer, the ONLY way to
tell what a battery is doing............................pity.