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05-11-2020, 06:05 AM | #1 |
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"Best" Between Round Battery Chargers
What are the "Best Battery Chargers" to use for between round charging?
We've used Schumacher, Sears/Craftsman, and Optima Digital Battery Chargers. Curious to see what others are using and reasons/benifits/opinions why? Thanks |
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05-11-2020, 04:47 PM | #2 |
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Re: "Best" Between Round Battery Chargers
Greg - I used harbor freight - it's cheap and does the job! (I turned Greg Gay on to one of these and he bought one too).
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Re: "Best" Between Round Battery Chargers
This question is so vague. It depends on what type of battery you’re trying to charge. Also, are just trying to make the next round or trying to get the most life from the battery? Charging a battery incorrectly will cause premature failure.
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Re: "Best" Between Round Battery Chargers
Can't say it's the best but I've had a Morosso 12v/16v charger for almost 20 years. Use it on everything. Still love it, won't jump start but has sleep mode.
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Re: "Best" Between Round Battery Chargers
We use the same Harbor Freight chargers on our conventional batteries. Optima charger on the Optima batteries at Track.
Back at the shop with more time = Optima's on all of them. BUT the Optimas are expensive/Hard to Find anymore AND rather Fragile!
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Re: "Best" Between Round Battery Chargers
I've been using a Schumacher Ship-N-Shore Model XCS-15 I bought at Bass Pro-Shops. It charges Standard, AGM and Gel batteries at 3 or 15 amps, and gives you a "% of charge" as well as voltage.
The only downside is that if your Optima is heavily discharged, the Auto-Voltage feature doesn't know it's a 12-volt battery, and will only charge SIX VOLTS. You need to hook up another good 12 volt battery to get the charger to work properly. That shouldn't be an issue with between rounds top-offs. Good Luck!
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Re: "Best" Between Round Battery Chargers
I forgot about this one. Luke Siebert uses one on his camaro and nova.
https://cloreautomotive.com/product/pl2320/ It has a 20a charge, which is higher than most, and the company is out of Lenexa, KS. It is $79 on amazon prime right now. -- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I just ordered one as we have been using my dad's stand-up NAPA charger, but it is a big machine, and Im getting tired of moving it around/loading/unloading. Clark |
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