Why doesn SmartGauge ever reach 100% charge status?
This is a very common problem. And the answer is very simple. It isn’t SmartGauge that is at fault. It is the charging system. SmartGauge isn’t reaching 100% charge status because your batteries aren’t reaching 100% charge status. The solution is to sort out your charging system. The most common reasons for this when using intelligent 3 stage chargers are insufficient acceptance charge voltage (say 14 volts on a wet cell – not high enough unless you intend charging for 24 hours or so) or insufficient acceptance times before switching to float voltage (1 hour is common, it isn’t long enough – especially for Gel cells or AGMs) or poor connections or insufficient cable size between the charger and the batteries. These last 2 can make an enormous difference to the efficiency of a charging system. Another possible charger problem is that of using a charger that is too large. This can cause 2 distinct problems which lead to the same effect…… Firstly the charger may have an “acceptance to
