After recommendations for a battery charger. Needs to be smart so will stop charging once full. Needs to suit car and bike batteries. Would be good if it was a fast and trickle feed charger. Maybe even a maintainer so will keep batteries good when not in use over winter. Multi chemistry etc.
Cheers
bill1451,
Sep 14, 8:05am
Basically it seems to be, how much do you want to spend, without spending humongous $$$ on features you may never need or want.
v8_mopar,
Sep 14, 8:09am
up to $600 ish
v8_mopar,
Sep 14, 8:10am
There is bond to be people on here who use chargers a lot
harm_less,
Sep 14, 11:53am
CTek chargers will do all you require.
intrade,
Sep 14, 12:36pm
ctek s the best forget the rest. best quality has a price. you can also pay a lot for garbage. or pay megabux for something thats just slight better. my cteck 25 amp one was 500 bux your 600 should still buy that . the doller has devalued 20% since i got that from dargaville fair years ago. wrack electrition or something sold it to me then
v8_mopar,
Sep 15, 2:02am
Had not heard of ctek. Google reviews look great
Thanks
blogzy,
Sep 15, 6:29am
Someone on here said a particular $60 warehouse charger had similar features to ctek
I have the ctek MXS 5.0 About $170 worth, a little less if you shop around. 8 stage smart charger, comes with both battery clips and screw down terminals. Car (5A) and motorcycle (0.8A) modes, AMG mode
Has done everything I need but does run a little hot.
Unless you are in a hurry, need to keep the battery charged while under load (i.e. campervan running a 12v fridge), need other voltages (6 or 24), or need to charge lithium batteries there is little need to spend more money.
Of course intrades one will be 5x faster charging than mine is. Great if you are in a hurry.
Since the public registrations are closed, you must have an invite from a current member to be able to register and post in this thread.
Have an account? Login here.