INOX Battery conditioner
Submitted: Thursday, Nov 03, 2005 at 22:24
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Member - Reiner G (QLD)
I red in a 4WD mag somebody recomending to put Inox conditioner in your batteries to make them last........ just wondering if that's another dream time story or does it actually work?
Reiner
Reply By: Gerhardp1 - Thursday, Nov 03, 2005 at 22:36
Thursday, Nov 03, 2005 at 22:36
I put some in my 3 year old battery back in March 05. It was showing some white spots on the plates which I thought was a sign the battery was dying.
The white spots are now gone and the battery showed no signs of failing in the cold this winter.
Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, but for $9.00 it's worth a try. It doesn't seem to harm the battery so there is no apparent downside.
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Reply By: govo - Thursday, Nov 03, 2005 at 22:48
Thursday, Nov 03, 2005 at 22:48
As my wife works at Super Cheap she talked me into putting it in our 2002 3.0 Nissan when it was new...so far so good with both batteries
(the %25 discount l get comes in handy..lol )
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Reply By: ACDC - Thursday, Nov 03, 2005 at 23:01
Thursday, Nov 03, 2005 at 23:01
Tried it but the batteries still failed at the same rate.
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Reply By: slow mower - Thursday, Nov 03, 2005 at 23:10
Thursday, Nov 03, 2005 at 23:10
hey reiner, I tried the same as you some years ago without much success. Got onto the Megapulse Battery Conditioner (about $100 or a bit less), use it on a battery for about 3 months ata time, swap it to one of my daughters cars etc. So far abttery in my vehicle is just on 6 yrs old and still going strong. Another option for you. I bought
mine from HappyWandererCaravanSupplies
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Follow Up By: Mainey (WA) - Friday, Nov 04, 2005 at 22:50
Friday, Nov 04, 2005 at 22:50
I put Inox into my present Overlander 700CCA starter battery in 2003, and in 2004 I also connected a "Megapulse" system to it. It's now 4 years old and does not give me any problems, but I’m not aware which system is working better for the battery.
I also have a new series 3 Megapulse system connected to my 2 x 80 A/H DC batteries and they are at least 4 years old also, and still in 'perfect working order' as they are tested by a competent battery specialist annually.
The technical information available for the Megapulse from the distributors on the East Coast is very easy to understand and makes sense to me, that’s why I bought the second unit, my Steca solar regulator also uses a similar PWM system.
http://www.megapulse.net/faq.htm
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Reply By: Member - Reiner G (QLD) - Friday, Nov 04, 2005 at 13:01
Friday, Nov 04, 2005 at 13:01
Thanks to all, gues for $8 why not......Im just testing a deep cycle battery without Inox and then with inox.
I charged the Battery fully and hooked a 12 watt fluro up to watch the voltage drop over 24hrs. That should be the ultimate
test to see if it makes any difference.
A good weekend to everybody
cheers
Reiner
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Follow Up By: Mainey (WA) - Friday, Nov 04, 2005 at 23:02
Friday, Nov 04, 2005 at 23:02
Reiner,
Charge it up then leave it for a day or so, then connect the light and
check the voltage at regular intervals, writing down the results and the times.
Then add the inox, leave for a few days exactly as before, fully charge the battery as previously and then connect the light the same number of days later and
check the voltages at the same times as previously...
Sure it's a pain doing things exactly the same both times but anything else is only going to give you a rough result that can be questioned and not relied upon.... as I said it is a pain, but rewarding when you get results that can't be disputed because you have checked the battery at different times or had a different load at the start, and yes, I am very interested in the answers :-)
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