TW>->  TW> Only a Somewhat sofisticated Gell Cell battery charger will do
TW>->  TW> that. And definatly not a standard Automobile Battery charger.

TW>-> it depends where you shop I guess,  last year I got a automobile charger
TW>that
TW>-> would go into trickle-charge mode once the voltage got up around 14V

TW> No it dosne't. There is NO magic Pill for Battery charging. Both the
TW>Charging Rate and the Trickle Rate are designed for a range of Ah
TW>capacities. The Trickle Rate, the rate at which you should to be able to
TW>leave the Charger connected Indefenatly, for a 80 to 100 Ah Automobile
TW>is too high for an 11 Ah Gell Cell.
TW>Saying it anohter way the "Trickle" rate is designed to comensate for
TW>the Inherent Internal Discharge of a Battery. the Internal Inherent
TW>discharge rate fro an 80 to 100 Ah Automobile is quite a bit higher then
TW>that of an 11 Ah Gell Cell. ALL excess cureent is turned into HEAT. The
TW>MOST destructive factor for Gell Cells.

TW>As Ripley said "Beleive it or NOT!!!"
TW>It is a FACT of the Physics of Wet/Gell CEll Batteries.

TW>And incidently this prinjciple applies to ALL rechargable batteries. The
TW>Charger MUST be fairly well matched to the Battery or It's life WILL be
TW>shortened.

You refreshed my rememberance of my first automobile employment for
the local Nash dealer: after cleaning the cars outside of the dew
(or snow 8-( collected overnight; I would attend the battery chargeing
bench to make sure they had enough water (after checking the specific
gravity of each cell). I seem to recall we did add a magic "pill" to
each cell to ensure the oxides from the plates didn't settle in the
bottom and short out any of the cells. Simple days for simple folk 8-)

Ciao, Ack.

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