Suggest me a decent battery charger.

[CJL 10+ year member]

Looking for a good priced decent battery charger,any suggestions?

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[azbass 5,000+ posts]

 

[rtillaree 10+ year member]

what are you looking for in the charger? price and so on

i use a miller welder to charge batteries at home haha, but i also have this craftsman portable instant chargers, ran around $225 but its well worth it in a pinch, i used it on my boat for about a year and it works like a champ...just depends on what u need...

 

[CJL 10+ year member]

what are you looking for in the charger? price and so on
i use a miller welder to charge batteries at home haha, but i also have this craftsman portable instant chargers, ran around $225 but its well worth it in a pinch, i used it on my boat for about a year and it works like a champ...just depends on what u need...

I dont know to much about battery chargers but im looking for one to charge up my yellow top everytime it gets drained when my car sits for a while. Price wise,looking to spend

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

anything with trickle charge

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

ouch

i got a powermaster charger its the coolest thing ever... i got my g31 optima to float at 14.89 for about 3-4 mins lol

 

[CJL 10+ year member]

I could get This One for $25...would that do the job or should I pass on it?

 

[rtillaree 10+ year member]

try to find an associated brand trickle charger, you should be able to get one for $30, they do the trick...

 

[XTRProBoy 10+ year member]

I could get This One for $25...would that do the job or should I pass on it?

Schumacher SpeedCharge chargers are pretty good AFAIK. You can get them fairly cheap on ebay I think (probably how you got that $25 figure?) and I'd go with the best model one you can afford (the higher models have higher charge currents and also have engine start facilities too, if you're interested in that).

I've have one of the SpeedCharge chargers in the 30/10/2A + 60A engine start variety for a few years and it's a great charger. Mine is a Motomaster Eliminator(Canadian Tire) rebrand--many companies actually use these chargers branded differently. Odessey battery chargers are also SpeedCharge rebrands from the looks of it.

 

[CJL 10+ year member]

J/W, What difference would it make if I slow(2amp) charge a battery or fast(10amp) charge a battery?

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

slow charging usually charges the battery better

fast charge yeilds say a 70% charge

slow chage yields say a 80% charge

three stage charger yields a 105% charge * i just used these numbers for an example i dont know exaclty how large the difference is *