Testimonials about the RC-2A12 12 Volt Charger
Wed, Mar 23, 2010
I have recently been reading about your inventions/equipment. We live off-grid using primarily solar power and I am attempting to understand how/if your equipment can be useful to our specific needs.I am not technically trained, but for the last 30 years, I have installed and maintained several 12vdc solar battery systems in a remote, off-grid circumstance that is very dependent on batteries. I am interested your work altogether, but my primary focus currently is in optimizing/rejuvenating the batteries we use in our solar system. I have spoken to Rich on a couple of occasions and decided to purchase your lower cost RC-2A12-3 to begin getting a practical sense of your technology.
Note: My first use of the RC-2A12-3 was to attempt to rejuvenate a non-functioning battery bank comprised of 6 x 6vdc L-16 batteries. We have now successfully put 2 of the “dead” L-16 batteries back into service and are currently using the RC-2A12-3 to revive the remaining 4 L-16 batteries. These batteries belong to a very grateful neighbor who has now contributed $100 toward the purchase of the RC-2A12-3....
LH
Friday, April 23, 2010
http://www.survivalblog.com/2010/04/Letter Re: You May Not Need to Buy New 12 Volt Batteries
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Jim:
The 12 volt DC lead-acid batteries employed in most readers' vehicles, power storage systems and backup supply systems are expensive, have finite life spans and are a critical link in the timely operation of equipment required to respond to short term and long term grid-down situations. Aged batteries become unreliable, but are difficult to keep in a state of readiness and when deemed "spent" their replacement puts a drain on already limited financial resources.
Most people have battery chargers and the know-how to use them in an effort to keep older - or infrequently used - batteries in a charged state so they can be relied upon when needed. This is, however, time
consuming and the unpredictability of battery depletion, through sulfation and other age-related deterioration, makes it difficult to keep your batteries in a constant state of readiness in a cost-effective manner that is not manpower intensive.
If a battery has reached a truly terminal stage of decay, such as failure of inter-cell connections, lead plate breakage or separations and similar situations that require mechanical reconstruction, then the battery should be recycled - it's beyond repair by ordinary mortals. But if the battery is mechanically viable and just badly aged, there is a very good chance that it can be brought back to a very useful state with a device that is relatively unknown but commercially available. I will not claim that it can be made as good as new, but my own results were very satisfying.
A neighbor of mine - a Ph.D. Chemist - came across, researched and subsequently purchased a device known as the Renaissance Charge Rejuvenator. He has already brought a dozen lead-acid 12V batteries back from near useless states. I borrowed the 'Rejuvenator' unit, and attached it to three different 12V lead-acid batteries of my own over a 4-day period. In each case the battery, which had previously been unable to retain a decent charge, was "brought back to life" and held a good charge making it usable for employment as a car battery, a source of energy in an inverter set-up or other traditional arrangements.
The Rejuvenator works best if you use it repeatedly, drawing down the battery between applications. For my own batteries, I used the unit until it indicated "done" (green light), then I placed a load on the battery and drew it down to about 11V, gave it a rest period of about 8 hours and then ran the unit through another cycle to charge it back up and apply a "second dose" of the unit's proprietary repair process.
The Rejuvenator is not exactly cheap at $200 (delivered) but if you bring two "mostly dead" large capacity car batteries (or just one heavy duty tractor battery) back to useful life you've pretty well paid for the unit and after that everything is free. You might consider splitting the cost with a good neighbor or two.
I submit that readers would be well advised to do some research and consider purchasing one of these units to extend the life of the many batteries they already have in use, in order to avoid the high costs associated with replacement. I was stunned when I counted and realized that I have fourteen 12V lead-acid batteries on my ranch. Just as an aside, I have no vested interest in the company that makes the units, and will receive no compensation if this recommendation should result in sales for the Renaissance-Charge Company, though it couldn't hurt if you mention that "Ted from Careywood" sent you. They may be inclined to give some sort of small discount, though I have no control over that. In any case, the cost/benefit analysis seems to make it a good deal, especially for those who use lots of battery banks to avoid dependence on the electrical grid. Best Regards, - Ted
Feb 12, 2010
I have personally used all the chargers in my lab on my farm and am getting ready to install the controller into my off grid system on my straw bale house. They work very well for power tool batteries, flashlight rechargeable, car batteries, T-105 Trojans, L16 Trojans and large banks of batteries hooked in series, up to 144 Volts.I personally have restored over 100 different batteries that were either from the landfill or ready for disposal. I have had my mechanic verify their efficacy also as he was ready to re-place my wife's battery with a new $76.00 one and checked out her old one before and after and said after the R-charge treatment it was better than the new one he was going to put in.
Owen Mullen
Sandpoint, Idaho
Jan. 31, 2010
Hi John and colleaguesI purchased RC-2A12-2 12 volt battery radiant charger when they were first released and you'll be glad to know I became very popular in the neighborhood for recharging peoples batteries (12v lead-acid).
David Turley
Jan. 29, 2010
I love the RC-2A12 I bought from your r-charge site. It has been used a lot since buying it. Your stores are like candy stores, I wish I had a lot more money to spend though :)I love your work. Thank you for allowing this to be given to us. Great things can come from this.
phillip reed
Sept. 9, 2009
Dear Renaissance charge,I have been using two of your products now for about one year now with great succes and joy, restoring batteries on a daily basis. We use the RC 2A12 as well as the RC 1AU for reviving motorcycle batteries in the 6-20AH range and now are increasingly using the 2A12 to charge 50AH VRLA batteries that are being used in electric scooters. Since these batteries are responding so well to their treatment, we have seen increases in capacity from around 26AH to more than 35AH, where new ones supply about 40AH (C10 discharge).
In our business of electronic two wheelers, mostly scooters but we are also dealer of the Vectrix motorbike and scooters, we see an increasing demand for radiant charging to extend the life of these batteries that have a pretty hard life. I have been promoting your products for some time now and various fellow competitors are asking me to revive their batteries as well. As a result we are looking into opportunities to extend our business toward commercially reviving these type of batteries for electric vehicles. Although the 2A12 is doing a pretty good job at the larger 50AH batteries I think it's time for me to order the 30A12 to speed up the process of rejuvenating these units.
Kind Regards,
Floris Grootendorst
June 27, 2009
This Charger really puts a good charge on a battery that's just been run down by trying to start a hard-to-start car or truck. After a charge, the starter will crank the engine faster than anyone has ever seen their car's engine crank while trying to start it.......... even made my small diesel tractor crank faster.........
I have recovered quite a few different size batteries that would not hold a charge anymore. Almost all of these batteries are still in service on their owners car's or trucks as I write this. The process I used was to charge them, and then discharge them, at close to their C20 load rate, 3 to 10 times in a row. And depending on the battery's size, with 1 to 3 tail lamps, or with a 300W inverter and 1 to 3 14w to 20w CFL's, until they would hold a good charge again, and then reinstalled them back on the car or truck they came off of, or some other car, etc...... It takes several days to cycle them like this, but they come back to life, and go right on a car with no problems..........
I've charged a neighbor's trolling motor battery, a day before he went fishing, 3 different times, he says after the 3rd time, it lasted approx 1 hour more than it had been going before, with a normal charge.
Clinton Stafford
Fort Worth, TX
May 28, 2009
Hi Rick,
This is Paula Lauerman the one with the 4 year old golf cart to farm cart conversion owner.
If you will remember last week you talked with my husband in the morning and then again with me in the afternoon explaining how we could best rejuvenate our batteries.
Please note that we do value and appreciate the time you spent with us as we fully understand how your product works and how to use it properly with great results!
Just a quick note to tell you that after the first use of the small charger on the batteries of our cart--charging two 6V Trojan Deep Cycle batteries at a time--we have already experienced a tremendous difference in the operation of our vehicle!
The first set of two batteries took about 9 hours; the second and third set about 16 hours each.
My husband then used the cart all day making trips around the property and to and from the garden.
At the end of the day the cart still had power and was not behaving at all as it had been prior to our purchase.
We are now on our second round of charging and the first set of batteries that would only charge for about 9 hours the first time through charged for about 21 hours this time and from our conversation I take this to mean that the plates are already responding to the technology and able to be charged more fully.
We are so pleased and just wanted to say thanks again for your technology and the personalized time you spent with us J
Believe me we will be telling everyone we know about you and this amazing product!
Will send further updates later.
Sincerely,
Paula Lauerman
May 23, 2009
Hello,
I have received my RC-2A12 and have used it on two batteries -- have not cycled them yet
but they do seem to be in significantly better shape so far....
Mr. Roland Schoettle
May 7, 2009
Dear Renaissance Charger -
After hearing about your revolutionary charger from a radio show with your chargers ability to renew old batteries that could not be charged or hold a charge any more, I decided to order one.
Your salesman on the phone was technically knowledgeable and answered all of my questions thoroughly. Since I am an engineer, I am hard to impress.
After receiving the well packaged and professionally manufactured device, I immediately set it up to recharge a 3 year old, dead motorcycle battery. This battery costs $75 and I hated to discard it after only using it one year. Not 24 hours after I plugged in the R-charger, the indicator said the battery was fully charged and ready. Was it ever! Even after leaving the battery idle in my motorcycle for 2 months it still registers over 13.7 volts cold!
I then charged another very old car battery. Same result. It recharged the battery after about 2 days and it is better than new.
Not sure if a storm socked the charger, but it started sparking after I attached it to a third battery. After calling your company, you said to send it back and you would evaluate it. About 2 weeks after mailing it off to you, I received a new charger! What absolutely fantastic customer service!
Now I had a really tough battery called an Exide Nautilus battery that was flooded out, dead as hammer for 2 years. Right now the R-Charger is renewing it! At first the R-Charger was going from green light for charged to blinking red light for error, until it finally overrode the bad plates in the battery and is now fully renewing the battery.
All I can say is that your technology has convinced me that I will be able to renew almost any batter I have and make them even stronger than when they were new. This is the best money I have ever spent for battery maintenance. Considering I own over 6 of the most expensive and supposedly advanced chargers out there, I know what I am talking about when I say that the R-charger is the only charger I really need and is by far the most advanced technology for battery charging and maintenance.
Great job John Bedini and Energenx for the inventing and producing this "miracle" product!
-Mark Solomon
April 20, 2009
I bought the RC-2A12 charger about a year ago, and last autumn I had the chance to see
what it could do. The battery in the old Audi 80 car was "dying" on me (making it difficult to start in cold weather), and trying an ordinary cheap charger made it better for a week or so, then it degraded again.
So I charged the battery with the RC-2A12, and I honestly didn't let it do the job fully
because I got alarmed by the sizzling/boiling sound inside the battery (with it being ice cold at the same time).
So I disconnected the RC-2A12, next morning the car started without a problem, and it has done so every day since (about half a year ago). It even stood still for two weeks in freezing cold weather, then started up no problem. I'm happy :)
Regards,
Robert
April 5, 2009
Since I received my RC-2A12, I have gotten many batteries revived. Some free scrap even that work well now, and hold a charge well at 12.78V just sitting on the bench.
Doug
March 26, 2009
Hey Rick,
Everything is going well. He (battery technician for a big company) is on the second phase of his testing. His
first test was with an old car battery that he knew was bad. He recharged it
and it is working. His second test was with a Battery that he did a more
scientific test with, draining and recharging it. All was good, so now his
local tech is working with it to do a test on the actual batteries they use.
It's a much slower process with the unit that he has, but it is moving
forward.
Scott
February 12, 2009
I have tried a few batteries and find your RC-2A12 performs very well.
Luis V.
Nov 25 2008
Gudday.
I've impressed a friend with the results I've been getting from my RC-2A12, and he wants to know if there's anything similar available that he could use on his lithium bike battery. . .
Thanks.
Peter K. Campbell
July 15 2008
Renaissance Charge, LLC R&D.
July 3 2008
I have purchased two battery chargers from Renaissance Charge. The first was 12V charger model # RC-2A12-2. After the success I had with the first charger, I purchased the universal rechargeable battery charger model #RC-1AU-120. I want to thank you for your fine products.
After purchasing the first charger this winter, I saw what it could do. I had an approximately 3 year old battery on my ATV. The battery would not stay charged after multiple attempts with an ordinary motorcycle battery charger. I could get the battery to start the ATV immediately after the charge, but by the next day, it was inoperable. After the Renaissance charger was used, the battery is as good as it was new. I have used it for months and it works impeccably.
When I heard that the company was coming out with a charger that would charge nickel-metal hydride and nickel-cadmium, I was eager to purchase one. I was very impressed after a drill battery of mine was brought back to useable service. The battery was over 17 years old and was all but useless. It only gave a few minutes of service before becoming so weak it could not be used. I had given up on it and had laid it aside to be recycled or discarded. After using your charger, it is as good as new. It is powerful and useful.
Thank you for your excellent products. I am a very satisfied customer.
Sincerely,
David L. Nichols
Whitefish, MT
May 29 2008
Been doing some testing on some 840 AH, lead acid glass batteries and 350 AH sealed Gel acid, this little charge has really improved there performance. Haven’t recorded any results of the load test but there is a big improvement. Just starting some testing on some 1680 AH lead acid glass batteries, each 2 volts battery weights over 300lbs, can’t wait to get testing the RC-30A12 on these big fellows.
JPK
May 8 2008
Hi rick I just got one of your RC-2A12-2 chargers and LOVE it...
Thanks again for a superb product,
David J. A.
Mar 22 2008
I am very impressed with the charger! I had a 1,165 cranking amp excavator battery that wouldn't even hold a charge for a few hours. After charging for 24 hours, I connected it to my Sun Danzer refrigerator. It has been running 3 days and the voltage is still 12.5!
Timothy Martin
Parishville, NY
Mar 13 2008
My car for several days was losing power on several electric functions like the lights and heater, etc. Finally one cold day the car could not start. The RC-2A12-2 charger was then used for one night restoring my battery to a useable condition. Forty days later I have not had any of those problems, even in extremely cold conditions.
Dan Ruthven
Goshen, IN
Mar 12 2008
Tom Childs
Feb 08 2008
Have 50 out of the 80 batteries recharged and working great. I did some on my Bedini 4 coiler hooked 6 in parallel along with a 135 ah deep cycle battery, worked great. The majority of them I have done on the powerful little radiant charger with 10 to 15 in parallel along with a car battery. All of them were at 5 to 6 volts when they were taken out of the battery backup unit and needed a good battery in parallel with it to turn on the charger. . . Load tested a few of them after a few cycles and they are right back up to their rated 9ah's; and they hold their charge really good. The Renaissance Charger is a great charger. Say thanks to John for me. Keep up the good work. It is a small step in the right direction in helping to save this planet and take back the control from those raping this earth and blinding the minds of the whole world from this energy truth as well as spiritual truths.
See attached picture, only 30 batteries to go.
Jack
Jan 19 2008
11 Charge/Discharge Cycles Completed on Renaissance Charger.
