Today I checked how the sick Group 31 battery was doing on the Power Pulse. I had re-attached it to the Wall Wart a couple of days ago and the voltage has risen to 14.68v. Here is a photo of the 'pulses':
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| July 24, first attached - note the ringing |
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| August 12th, ringing has diminished. |
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| Today - Not too much change, but am noticing the width of the pulse is slightly greater |
Today I pulled the Wall Wart off and will let the battery settle to its rest voltage. On Tuesday I will need to take the Pulse Power away as I will be taking it with me Wednesday when I fly out to Viking Star for 10 days. Will also walk the battery over to the corner garage and ask them to load test it.
On today's update I noticed three things:
- Battery Voltage has risen to highest yet while on wall-wart, 14.68
- Width of pulse is increasing.
- Frequency seems to have increased.
The pulse width has been increasing. Today it is 75-100nS, while a week ago it was only 50-75nS. It started out not much greater then 50nS. I also noticed the pulses seem to be coming faster, perhaps every second or so. When I 1st connected it, the pulses were perhaps 3-4 seconds (IIRC) apart. Not real sure on the times as I did not record them, but can safely say the pulses are faster today - maybe twice as fast..
Again, I have no idea what all this means, and perhaps there is a relationship between higher voltage and more energetic pulses? Who knows. To me, will be most interesting to see if the battery can start the truck after spending almost 4 weeks on the Pulse Power. Stay tune for further developments!
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