Jeremy Torquoize

Tommy Wilder wrote:I've tried the setup with a solarpanel (40w) on  9ah gell batteries. Works ok, no heat.
In the near future I will research this more but a general way of thinking is this: monitoring of batteries is indeed a must! This i will approach with arduino/raspberry eleftronics. An arduino can monitor one or more batteries (don't know now) and a raspberry monitoring the data of the arduinos and decide which batteries needs charging. During charging that battery will be disconnected from the batt-bank, so the high charging voltage will be not exposed to connected electronics. So every battery will get it's own "address". Its probably already somewhere on the internet.
Further research will go into supercapacitors connecting to solarpanels as they should be very helpful in starting electromotors, which often require almost double the power during startup (need less panels and better for connected batteries).
Also, a 3rd aspect will be small setups. Panels near point-of-use. Cuts costs on cable.

Anyway, i'm in the process of building my home now. Probably move there in september, so then the thinkering starts....

I'd that the controlled overcharge setup or the BLS setup that "works okay, no heat..."? I'd be interested to know how it works out, especially if you're monitoring it with a raspberry pi. i was thinking of doing something similar where the collected data could be gathered and recorded in ascii. I was particularly interested in the universal battery charging system from earlier in this forum. But I might just keep it simple and use a voltage meter periodically.

After hearing this discussion about controlled overcharging, I'm even more convinced about the battery life saver now. If it's just a matter of breaking down the extra crystals, I can imagine how overcharging the plates can accomplish this. That being said, it makes even more sense how sending specific ripples into the battery can also shake off the deposits. There's an entire feild of physics about wave form energy across the various sciences, and how frequencies effect the results of things in various circumstances. A waveform technology may be all the controlled overcharge we need in a system. I'm definitely going to try it out now.

New guy, new year! What's up? Has anyone here heard of the battery life saver? (BLS)
https://youtu.be/wtXhV4Qxk6g
It's said to salvage and maintain lead acid batteries by breaking up the crystal deposits that build up inside. I'll summarise the main points about it from what I've gathered.
•~$100
•Works in parallel with the battery bank (yes, all the batteries, all at once)
•Available for various voltage base Banks: you have to get one that matches the voltage range of your system.
•uses patented square wave technology to break up leftover crystal deposits inside the batteries.
•works upon full charge and discharge cycles
•uses a small amount of the batteries' own power, and often comes with a switch.

"It discharged my golf cart battery in one or two weeks!" Says one review. "We don't even use the golf cart that much." (I'm just paraphrasing)

Here's some Amazon reviews
https://www.amazon.com/Battery-BLS-48N-System-Desulfator-Rejuvenator/product-reviews/B006X26YA4

It has mixed reviews on Amazon, but I doubt they're all educated on how it actually works. One review mentioned frying someone's charger, which makes sense since it pumps square waves into the circuit. At least that's how I understand it.

That being said, I wonder how it would get along with certain kinds of charge controllers and other sensitive moderators. Late mention, I've never done solar in my life. I'm in the research phase, but I have a basic understanding of electronics. The science makes sense and I'm willing to try it. If it can extend the life of lead acid batteries like the claim said, it could be a major game changer.