From: spartakplutonium <spartakplutonium@...>
Subject: [randrdesulfatorforum] Noob Knob Just About to Assemble a Courtiestown PIC Pulser
To: randrdesulfatorforum@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 9:33 AM

Hello and thankyou to this group.

After nearly a year now of lurking around desulfator boards and
postings I am about to receive (should God and the New Zealand Postal
service will it) a Coutiestown PIC desulfator.

Coutiestown have already e-mailed me with the schematic and build
notes but I would like to ask if anyone has any top tips that aren't
on the release notes.

The schematic has no version number so I'm not too sure what I'm
actually getting. The build notes do say that there is a pot that
should be trimmed at build time.

I have just finished making a trickle charger to go with the pulser
which has a variable regulated output between about 10 and 16 volts.
What kind of voltage should I start at please?

My first candidate is an automotive battery originally from a great
big BMW. A regular battery charger never thinks it's charged and as
soon as the charger is disconnected the battery's voltage quickly
drops to 10.5 volts then slowly to nothing. Does this sound like
a 'good' candidate?

Anyhow, at the risk of confiming my credentials as a nerdy knobhead,
I'm really excited about this project and would truly appreciate any
words of wisdom.

All the Best Everyone