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The charger has to be a multi phase maintainer with sulfate and stratification treatments just charging is not enough.
Yes I understand, I have a Noco genius 5. What I'm getting at is the battery should not have sulfated because it's always been kept charged to a correct amount (roughly 12.7-12.8 volts). Batteries will sulfate when they get low on charge for a long time period (weeks to months).

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Yes I understand, I have a Noco genius 5. What I'm getting at is the battery should not have sulfated because it's always been kept charged to a correct amount (roughly 12.7-12.8 volts). Batteries will sulfate when they get low on charge for a long time period (weeks to months).

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If you do a repair mode w/ the NOCO, be sure to remove negative battery cable! Bill P
 

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I don’t know what ford is planning for the fix…..
However, I do know, that the only time the 12v battery might be subject to discharge is when the truck is off, and/or when first starting the vehicle.
The DC-DC CONVERTER supplies all 12v power needs, and is suppose to keep the 12 v battery charged…..I would prefer that software try to keep the 12v battery at a 90% SOC. Good night….. Bill P
 

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I don’t know what ford is planning for the fix…..
However, I do know, that the only time the 12v battery might be subject to discharge is when the truck is off, and/or when first starting the vehicle.
The DC-DC CONVERTER supplies all 12v power needs, and is suppose to keep the 12 v battery charged…..I would prefer that software try to keep the 12v battery at a 90% SOC. Good night….. Bill P
90% soc is not fully charged. Even 98% is not fully charged. In addition the prevailing fear of over charging even 0.001% can result in a slight sulfation. The continual charging to 98% will result in the original capacity being reduced to 97-96-95% etc. it's more of a number of cycles. Not known how BMS is handling the float charge voltage reduction when it's over what BMS wants? Perhaps a separate voltage regulator just prior to battery under control of BMS would help. I would prefer a separate trickle charge from the HVB be available for the 12v when the HVB is over 40% when the truck is off. If Ford's first qtr 25 fix is not satisfactory I may install a 6ah lithium ion rechargeable battery to power my noco maintainer so I don't have to plug it in as much.
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