One i have has a timed mode but otherwise is dumb. Got it at local FLAPS.

Its bigger as it is a roll around type

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On Aug 28, 2011, at 13:59, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>  Does anyone know where I could get an old time "dumb" battery charger?  A
> small, homowner-style..maybe 10amps max?
>
>  I have three inexpensive chargers right now (counting a  Battery
> Tender)....so called "Smart Chargers" or some such.  None of them works very
> well, they all have switch issues and won't charge properly without
> sometimes 'fooling' their 'smart' circuits.
>  Back "in the day" I recall chargers that you just plugged into the wall
> and they charged your battery...you monitored the charge and turned it off
> when done...if you forgot, it cooked the battery, but they always charged.
> They didn't need 'some' voltage coming back to the charger from a battery to
> start charging, or whatever the heck all these so called "smart chargers"
> require before they will actually charge the frikkin dead battery....
>
>  Are there any simple chargers available without all the automatic features
> that make them NOT CHARGE unless everything is 'perfect'?
>
>  Don Hanson