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• Dumb Battery charger?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:59:36 -0700
  Does anyone know where I could get an old time "dumb" battery charger? A small, homowner-style..maybe 10amps max? I have three inexpensive...
• Re: Dumb Battery charger?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:20:26 -0400
  ...None of them works very > well, they all have switch issues and won't charge properly without > sometimes 'fooling' their 'smart' circuits. > Back "in...
• Re: Dumb Battery charger?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:40:12 -0400
  ...None of them works very >> well, they all have switch issues and won't charge properly without >> sometimes 'fooling' their 'smart' circuits. >> Back "in...
• Re: Dual battery chargers
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:26:09 -0500
  These chargers are full, 3 stage charges. They will provide bulk, absorption and float. They are designed to be connected and turned on all...
• Re: Charging the batteries..
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:11:49 -0700
  ...If you put the charger on the aux battery only the aux battery will get the charge. b. The 1315 will allow charge to...
• Battery charging question... will this work?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 20:58:33 -0500
  This is related to the question about digital chargers I posted last week. I was recently camped in the same spot for four days...
• Charging Lithium Battery with Redarc
  Historical mailing list - Bill Berg
  Fri, 1 May 2020 04:09:09 -0500
  This is the info the Redarc technician sent from down under : " The BCDC1240D will require no additional relay in order to charge via solar...
• Re: Possible Solar Charge Controller Warning ?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 7 May 2015 07:55:52 -0700
  ...FYI, My charge controller instruction manual says this about connection order: Connect the charge controller to the battery BEFORE connecting the solar panels to...
• Battery Woes/Choice
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Fri, 23 May 2008 09:08:42 -0800
  Thanks for the detailed response Loren! 12.8 is fully charged. As to the charger: 14.1 is a charging voltage, up to 15...
• Re: Charger recommendations for camper?
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:28:45 -0700
  ...This is an old-fashioned ferrous charger masquerading as a pulse charger. It even has the case of a pulse charger. Can anyone explain...
• Re: Battery combiner
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:29:24 -0800
  ...Both batteries still get charged automatically but only by a charger on the main battery. Even the 1314 can charge from both sides if...
• Re: Battery Charger Sizing (Amperage) Woe and Warning (?)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 1 Aug 2013 22:13:08 -0700
  I am certainly no authority when it comes to DC electrics and chargers and solar but I've been around lots of RVers who...
• Re: Dual battery chargers
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:57:41 -0500
  Those Guest chargers are very well regulated and designed to be left turned on. They are not a cheap charger that just delivers voltage...
• Re: charge rate at main & aux batt
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:58:46 -0700
  > now i have a 2 question i would like confirmed > Is an over charge condition to a battery only when the voltage supplied by...
• Re: Battery Charger Sizing (Amperage) Woe and Warning (?)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 3 Aug 2013 18:11:49 -0700
  Ok semi-thread-jack....my experience with Smart Chargers...Unsatisfactory in almost all cases for me. The Suckers just never work for me when...
• Re: Charger Drain Battery? (charger off/connected)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:05:27 -0400
  At 02:23 PM 4/16/2009, neil N wrote: >Charged the aux. battery, then left "intelligent" charger connected to >battery overnight. Charger was...
• Re: Digital chargers... a problem?
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 21:23:10 -0700
  Absolutely! I found this out with my spiffy new Vector Computerized charger. It wouldn't charge my battery because it was below 11 volts...
• Re: Dual battery chargers
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:47:05 -0500
  ...it is usually unnecessary to use a charger during the week if the van is driven most weekends. although an ordinary charger is not...
• Re: Installing A Second Battery
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Tue, 16 Dec 1997 13:30:15 -0800
  ...Does the >>trickle charger simply monitor the secondary battery's charge? >Trickle chargers charge a battery very slowly over a long period of time...
• Re: Temperature compensated battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:26:15 -0700
  there are instructions on how to build a dc dc charger on the battery info doc i recently posted on my blog http://shufti...
• Re: Aux Battery Charging Alternatives Question for the Electrical Gurus
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:34:50 -0700
  On 7/18/07, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Is you smart charger designed to permanently installed? If so, there > should > be no...
• Re: 5 cyl. Audi in Vanagon - was Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 05:14:59 -0700
  Techincally, a turbo charger is exhaust driven, a super charger is mechanically driven Mark > a turbo charged or super charged > >engine. > > > There's no...
• Re: Temperature compensated battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:06:33 -0700
  ...Temperature compensated battery charger > > Temp compensated chargers are readily available in the green energy > field and don't cost $400 either: > Link chosen at...
• Re: Charger Drain Battery? (charger off/connected)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:05:27 -0700
  ...Battery seems to hold enough charge for basic needs. It seems to like the alternator charge rate. Cheers, Neil. On Thu, Apr 16, 2009...
• Re: Battery combiner
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Sun, 12 Mar 2006 12:32:35 -0800
  ...It works the same > when the > main battery is charged from the engine alternator to charge the > auxiliary battery. > > Dennis
• Re: Solar Battery Chargers
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:58:26 -0500
  ...http://my.tbaytel.net/guskers/vanagon.html This charges the aux battery, and is switchable to charge both. It works. On sunny days, the...
• Westy battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Sat, 10 Jan 2015 06:26:17 -0500
  Good morning to all My 20 year old Sears craftsman battery charger went south yesterday trying to trickle charge my Westy main battery! Does...
• Re: Battery Mfg. Warranty Charging Voltage
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sat, 12 Oct 2002 08:13:03 -0700
  More on the charger ...The brand is ACCUMATE. >> The advance "IUoU-I" (marine quality) interactive 3 stagecharging program ensures a highly effective and complete...
• Charger Drain Battery? (charger off/connected)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:23:17 -0700
  ...battery, then left "intelligent" charger connected to battery overnight. Charger was off. Battery got quite low. Would a connected/off charger drain a battery...
• Solar charger question
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:45:30 -0800
  Not to risk continuing the tesla/edison debates about solar chargers, way back at the beginning someone mentioned several low-cost Harbor Freight chargers...
• Re: Charging the batteries..
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 23 Apr 2016 18:20:21 -0700
  hi Dennis, according to the manual the 1314 will charge the aux. battery when the voltage reaches 13.5V. The question is if use...
• Re: Charger Drain Battery? (charger off/connected)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:27:14 -0700
  ...battery, then left "intelligent" charger connected to > battery overnight. Charger was off. Battery got quite low. > > Would a connected/off charger drain a battery...
• Re: Battery Charger Sizing (Amperage) Woe and Warning (?)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 3 Aug 2013 13:10:34 -0500
  ...A smart charger starts with a heavy charge, then it steps down to a lower charge rate as the battery charges. At the end...
• Trickle chargers was: Group 41 As house battery,
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 5 Feb 2020 11:06:35 -0500
  ...Not all the chargers are created equal but I didn’t thing there was harm to a trickle charger. Now looking for a charger...
• Re: 110v battery charger for house battery - suggestions for 88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 4 Aug 2009 19:22:11 -0700
  ...Charge was so slow as not to be considered, only good for keeping a full battery charged in the garage.
• Re: Power Converters RV, RV Battery chargers from Progressive Dynamics
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 06:00:12 -0400
  http://www.pplmotorhomes.com/parts/rv-converters/55-8805.htm These converter chargers combined with the charge wizard are fantastic. I had the 80...
• Re: Sure Power 1315 question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:44:58 -0800
  ...When driving, the engine battery gets pulled up to snuff and then the aux battery is charged. If engine off and charger is attached...
• Re:[f]Niners and Chargers! Whew!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Jan 95 09:02:30 EST
  My vote is for the Chargers. I have to qualify that however ... Stan-the-man was originally with the Washington Redskins. The 'nut' in...
• Re: Battery Recharging Question
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Sat, 7 Jan 2006 12:33:56 -0700
  Robert Setting the charger to 6 V will not charge the battery. You need voltage to "push" electrons into the battery, thereby changing the...
• Re: Westy battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Sat, 10 Jan 2015 14:25:47 -0800
  Hi, I have been happy with a small charger made by Exide. It has a 2 amp/6 amp selector and overcharging protection. Raymond...
• Re: Charger Drain Battery? (charger off/connected)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:34:45 -0700
  Dunno if this is helpful or not, but I have a charger that has indicator lights on it, and if you leave it hooked...
• Re: Onboard Battery Charger
  Historical mailing list - andy.highland
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:31:04 -0700
  I use this charger with an odyssey pc1200 AGM battery: http://www.batterystuff.com/battery-chargers/12-volt/5-10amps/ GU2611-1.html -andy...
• Re: charge rate at main & aux batt
  Historical mailing list - Jaap Nauta
  Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:46:56 +0200
  ...Every battery has a specified charge > voltage, adjusted for temperature. If you charge with a smaller > voltage, the battery will not fully charge. Larger...
• Re: Dual battery chargers
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 11 Mar 2006 11:54:13 -0800
  ...Dual battery chargers > Marinco sells a 110V battery charger that will charge two batteries > at once--two 5 amp outputs. (http://www.marinco.com...
• Re: Westy battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 10 Jan 2015 06:14:46 -0800
  ...Glad this was in the wee hours, outside, while on an old inexpensive charger. No clue about the cause of the explosion. I've...
• Onboard Battery Charger Sizing (Was: Oops.....)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:54:35 -0700
  ...Thankfully the battery charged up to 13.2 Volts overnight and charger shows it as "100%" charged. (then again, I'm sure I shortened...
• Re: Westy battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 10 Jan 2015 10:01:41 -0800
  When my 2/10 amp trickle charger died ~20 years ago, I bit the bullet and bought a real battery charger. Expensive? Yes. Worth...
• Re: Alternate to blocking diode
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Nov 1996 06:50:21 PST
  ...That way when there is power to the charger the coil will be energized and its contacts closed connecting the charger to the battery...
• Charging Second Battery
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Mon, 27 Oct 1997 11:20:52 -0800
  ...I also hooked up a 1.5 amp trickle charger to the aux battery only I also had a solar charger already installed which...
• Dual battery chargers
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Sat, 11 Mar 2006 11:06:56 -0800
  Marinco sells a 110V battery charger that will charge two batteries at once--two 5 amp outputs. (http://www.marinco.com/scpt/ProdPage.php...
• Re: Storing Van outside over winter???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:45:18 -0500
  ...Therefore, keeping them fully charged with either an electronic trickle charger, or 15 watt(ish) solar panel with charge controller is the best thing...
• Re: Sure Power 1315 question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:12:48 -0500
  You should consider one of the progressive dynamics chargers. Designed and listed for RV applications and with the charge wizard, is an excellent charger...
• Re: Solar charger question
  Historical mailing list - kfilc
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:20:20 -0000
  ...Solar charger question > Not to risk continuing the tesla/edison debates about solar chargers, > way back at the beginning someone mentioned several low-cost...
• Re: Charging the batteries..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 23 Apr 2016 21:29:59 -0400
  ...In many RV applications the main advantage of using an ACR is that a charger-power supply connected to the house batteries will also...
• Re: charge rate at main & aux batt
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 06:48:35 -0800
  ...The batteries current draw is based on its charge acceptance > which will be a function of state of charge, (SOC), and temperature. > The other...
• Re: GoWesty Aux Battery
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 17 Nov 2013 20:41:22 -0500
  Only if you add an appropriate battery charger! If you are planning to do that then consider a voltage controlled battery combiner. The battery...
• Re: Fully-charged battery for alternator install?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Brown
  Thu, 6 May 2010 13:32:36 -0700
  ...Thus, after throwing on the new alternator I could a) leave Vanagon there on the charger for a few hours, or b)drive it...
• Sure Power 1315 question
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:17:25 -0800
  ...Will the starter battery charge (through the 1315) if I wire the 120V charger to the aux battery? Or would it be better, because...
• Re: Battery charging question... will this work?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 20:40:20 -0700
  ...It failed to charge. >> My friends sharing the site pulled out a big analog charger and >> charged my battery right up. But they have...
• Re: Battery Charger Sizing (Amperage) Woe and Warning (?)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 2 Aug 2013 15:09:44 -0700
  ...Fridge off, connected old charger, set it to 12 Amps on "Deep Cycle". In 1-2 hours, charger showed battery at 90% charger outputting...