Having the charger set for 6 volts will never ever charge a 12 volt
battery. If at the 12 volt setting, the amp meter still reads "0", the
battery is really dead or a cell is open and will replacing soon even if
it does appear to come back to life. You may want to read the directions
for the charger. 

Cheap or unfiltered chargers should not be connected to the battery
while installed and connected to the vehicle. These things have so much
noise and ripple they can destroy the ECU and other electronics.   

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of robertmstewart
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 11:40 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Battery Recharging Question

The BOSCH battery in my van went dead, the van was not started for about
a
month, prior to that it was fine.

I took the battery out of the Van and connected it to a 6V/12V charger
and
is set for 6V and on an auto timer for 2 hours.

Now my question is how long does it need to charge to be fully charged?

It has a amp gauge on the front of the charger, right now it is at zero
as I
just started it.  It�s a relative�s and have never used one before.

Suggestions?

Thanks, 

Bear with me, even though I had a van for a year I had a mechanic take
care
of everything, now I am trying learn for myself with this new van.
Thanks in
advance.

-- 
Rob
NYC/Long Beach, NY
88 Wolfsburg, Silver