Heavy duty batter charger

cmx4eva, May 17, 11:32pm

I'm wanting to buy a good heavy duty commerial battery charger suitable for recharging batteries around the 1000cca capacity, what would you recommend under the 1k mark TIA for yr recommendations.

intrade, May 17, 11:50pm

ctek 25 amp one will do it I got that one took 1,5 day to charge a 1000cca from the crazy africans women to charge from flat as she was going to pray for sun to charge it lol

intrade, May 17, 11:59pm

the ctek will trake longer as i posted there is fronius charger and one other brand that are made from reliable components. cys simplia diagnostics tech uses the gys as a backup jumnpstarter etc for programming cars So it be good also
https://choiceandsolutions.co.nz/?s=gys
it will cost what it costs if you can buy it via capricorn choice and solution is with capricorn= best price to all members

cmx4eva, May 18, 12:33am

I wonder about buying an ev charge lead & get it fitted/adapted with alligator clamps for use at ev charge stations-would that work too?

onl_148, May 18, 12:43am

I think you'll find that an EV charger is a very "intelligent" bit of kit in that it "talks" to vehicles charging system and computer etc, to decide how much charge / how fast etc. If you look at an ev charger lead / connector there are more than just 2 pins. there are various sense / enable signals. also is it 12 / 24volts DC ?

gpg58, May 18, 12:55am

I have a few chargers on various systems,
This one has been on a 920ah wet cell bank for a year continuously, seems good(permanent connection, no clips provided).
https://waveinverter.co.nz/shop/battery-charger/ultipower-12v-50a-charger/ Also have the 40 amp version on my housebus (670ah agm).
And i have this one for general use on my cars etc, (but does not have a calcium setting, so unsure if any use on them).
https://waveinverter.co.nz/shop/battery-charger/12v-24v-30a-battery-charger/

And also a slightly older one of these, been on another bank for 2 years now full time(335ah agm).
https://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/p/calibre-calibre-12v-20-amp-battery-charger/544708.html

It replaced a 10+ year old 17 amp one, that died when fan eventually seized in it, and it cooked when doing a heavy re-charge.

drsr, May 18, 6:08pm

LOL, no, the fast chargers run at hundreds of volts usually and require a complex protocol to start supplying it. The slow chargers are just mains-level AC supplied through a clever switch, the actual DC charger is inside the car.

intrade, Aug 8, 2:08am

No, A EV charge lead is just a fancy box with as good as nothing inside . The charger is inside the Electric car not the wall unit . There is almost nothing more than a caravan mains plug That's about what the EV home wall plugs are. Snap poster #7 lol

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