How does a pulse battery conditioner work?
Electrical pulses hit the battery with a fast rise-time pulse that makes the battery resonate electrically, like ringing a bell. In this higher energy state, some of the sulfation crystals will break down. Their ions are released back into the electrolyte. This keeps the battery capacity up and cranking power high. Like most inventions, this discovery was an accident. Wilford Burkett noticed this ringing effect with one the earliest pulse chargers. He didn’t know why it worked, but he controlled his discharge pulses to take advantage of it. Later, the same conditioning effect was noticed during system testing at NASA’s Stennis test facility. This discovery led to the patents for positive pulse conditioners held by PulseTech. This technology is enjoying widespread success in the military, where vehicles and aircraft sit idle for long times, but must be ready to go at a moment’s notice.
