Too bad they don't publish the algorithm used in their chargers. Or IP rating. Also if the lowest amp version (5amp) has an SAE plug (or not) to use with ring mounts for long term maintanence charging. Clamps are required for higher amp charging, but SAE plugs increase connection options.
Maybe more details will arrive later. I don't see the chargers available for sale yet on Odyssey's website.
Me thinks these are all being manufactured by Ctek
Yes. See the 1st post in this thread.
One thing going for them, is that Odyssey is the only brand I see in Consumer Reports testing that is consistently at the top. Pretty much all other brands are mixed. They might excel in one size, then middling or even at the bottom in another size.
Use the PL2320, set at 20A. Odyssey recommends charging voltages (at 77F) of 14.7V and 13.6V float. If you check the charging voltages with a DMM, you will see that the "AGM" setting is too low, and the "standard" setting will be more closely aligned with the recommended voltages. I own a PL2320, and that is what i discovered.
Thanks for the information. I will set at "standard 20A"
Battery Minder 2012 AGM
Thanks and most likely will order the 128CEC2.
I'm recently convinced the Battery Minder desulfation algorithm works better than my other battery tenders. I always assumed they were similar. One of my cars has always been on a Granite Digital Save a Battery tender and I noticed in the past year that it is slowly losing CCA on my tester. (Granit Digital claims their algorithm has an automatic pulse desulfation always active.) So I swapped and put it on the 128CEC2 and over the past 6 to 8 weeks I have seen the CCA slowly RISE.
Actually cheaper here with free shipping, but they charge tax:
The float voltage on the 128CEC1, when in the dedicated Odyssey mode, was lowered to 13.2V around 2 years ago, 0.4V below what Odyssey recommends.
Good information and thanks. I see some websites says the 128CEC1 has been replaced by the 128CEC2.The float voltage on the 128CEC1, when in the dedicated Odyssey mode, was lowered to 13.2V around 2 years ago, 0.4V below what Odyssey recommends.
see this discussion:
Battery Minder tech support claimed they lowered the float voltage on the AGM settings as customers were experiencing overcharging damage/problems to batteries. I have been using them without issue, but not specifically on an Odyssey. Supposedly you only use the AGM model or mode, on Odyssey or Optima, and the float setting for all other AGMs. I have been using a 2012AGM on an Interstate AGM without issue. But I do use the 128CEC2 in the flooded setting on my other AGMs in my BMWs which are BMW branded or AC Delco branded, but both manufactured by Varta in Germany.
I meant to say you use the "flooded" setting with all AGM batteries other than Odyssey or Optima. (not float)
