Solargizer

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Pinzgauer Pete
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Solargizer

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I have seen ads touting the virtues of installing a device called a solargizer, claims are made that the military installs them on all their vehicles and that somehow it extends the life of the batteries by keeping them from becoming sulfated. Does anyone have one of these units in your vehicles and is there any validity to the claims or is it just "snake oil"...thanks
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What is it, any link to a website?
What does it look like and where does it go?
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krick3tt wrote:What is it, any link to a website?
What does it look like and where does it go?
http://www.innovativesolar.com/solargizers-25/

http://pulsetech.net/pulsetechnology/pu ... ology.html

http://www.chargingchargers.com/pulsetech/is-24-l.html

http://www.tstonramp.com/~rhinocharge/pulsesol.html

I’ve had the same question, and if they work how to choose from the many company’s claiming to be the best.

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I love this line...
...'and if they work how to choose '

Thanks for the links.

Looking at the prices it is about the same as a set of batteries for the pinz.
Since I keep mine in the garage and there is no sun in there it is quite the waste of money. When the batteries go dead after a few yeare I'll just get new ones. The last ones went three years, but that was a long time, considering.
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Look for them on eBay and you'll find them for much less. They run on average - $30 for 12v and $60 for 24v

Do they work? In short yes. The technology has been around for a while. If your batteries stay idle for any length of time you should have these. There are two grades, the ones you want are "IS" Industrial Solargizer.

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Post by David Dunn »

As Miles said, these have been around for a long time. Just another name for different use of solar panels. It comes down to what you are attempting to do... Are you trying to do, keep a battery topped off while there are times of extended lack of use...then a panel of 10 to 20 watts are fine. I am putting a system of this nature in my personal truck with a solar panel of 70 to 90 watts to fully power my ARB fridge/freeze and cordless chargers and maintain the "house" battery .
The type and size of the solar panels along with the capacity of the charge controller will determine the pricing, the "maintaining" systems are relatively inexpensive. The big thing to remember is to wire it directly to the batteries so it works with the battery switch off and is isolated from any type of body grounding
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