@Weldman
I do have a bit of expereince with forklift batteries, though mostly 36 volt on Caterpillar (Hitachi) forklifts. The charger is rated 375 amps continuous. I have recovered a few from pretty far gone. I needed 100 amps minimum force them into equilization and that was a very long procedure.
Somewhere In the piles I do have access to a 24 volt charger that was purchased to recover the forklift, Its for a Caterpillar 24 volt fork lift, 375 amps continous.....but its 3 phase...208 volt .240 volt or 480 volt jumper selectable, there are three individual charger blocks in there , I assume that each block is 125 amps...Any intrest in that? It would kill you in shipping. Its located in Santa Cruz County, California good 500 lbs. or more. I do have forklifts to install it into your pickup....Size 24” high 18” deep 36” long approximately. I do have a commercial address for shipping
It would be sold as is 30/30 warranty.....30 seconds, 30 feet, in reality it is of no use to the company. And we don't want a lot for it
I ended up getting a power supply for carbon arc searchlights that could do 1 or 2 cells, maybe 6 volts max at 225 amps, did recover two Caterpillar 6000 lb. capacity forklifts that were bought surplus for pennies on the dollar, There was a few cells that took over a month to recover
Learned trick...get a large all plastic turkey baster to stir up the electrolyte, it separates with lower s.g. on top and the higher s.g. on the bottom, there will be sulfated flakes in the bottom of the cells that you do not want to stir up so gentle stirring.
I did work at Alaska Husky Battery in Fairbanks, Alaska to help pay my way through engineering college so I have just a bit of expereince.
My solar batteries are Rolls Surette S-530 L-16’s now over 19 years old and still going strong, 2nd bank Interstate L-16 traction batteries now 20+ years old and still in full time service.
