> BB> I've also been working with some gel cells and getting fair
> BB> results recharging those at pretty high voltages of 60 volts or
> BB> so. It's a lot harder to get much current through those than it
> BB> is car batteries.
 
> What amp-hour rating are the gels you're talking about?  I didn't think
> that those were really designed to do all that much with high currents...
 
> I used to sell those for various applications,  and there was a guy who
> wanted to use a 7 AH unit to intermittently supply short bursts of 3-4
> amps for as much as a minute at a time.  I recommended that he get
> something a little heavier,  and sure enough,  he was back after a few
> weeks and that unit he insisted on getting was fairly well cooked.
 
> FWIW,  I have a few 10 AH units and a somewhat bigger pile of 33 AH units
> sitting here that I've been putting some charge into.  I'm not sure what
> I'm going to *do* with these yet,  but...
 
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