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PersonPauls Posse
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Hi camping masterminds,

 I have purchased a CTEK xs3600 charger, when using EHU will this still charge the battery as we will be using 12v equipment ie; Lights and water pump.

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Personcorpogreen
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  Yes if it's adapted to charge a 12 volt battery and has an output under 9 or 10 volts.

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Quote: Originally posted by corpogreen on 05/8/2008
  Yes if it's adapted to charge a 12 volt battery and has an output under 9 or 10 volts.

I suspect you meant to type 9 or 10 amps?


Personfatbloke28
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going by the spiel it will only charge up to a 75aH battery no doupt less if its being used at the same time at c 3.5 amps output it will take some time!


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Yes sorry 9 or 10 amps

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   Just googled your CTEKxs3600 battery charger. At 3.6 amps output hardly seems worth it. It would take ages to charge your leisure battery ,if you bought it specially to charge a leisure battery, take it back and get one with a  more substantial output. 

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PersonMick+Tina
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Quote: Originally posted by corpogreen on 05/8/2008
   Just googled your CTEKxs3600 battery charger. At 3.6 amps output hardly seems worth it. It would take ages to charge your leisure battery ,if you bought it specially to charge a leisure battery, take it back and get one with a  more substantial output. 
Sorry but you don't know what your talking about, these are one of the best chargers around.  If you value your battery you don't always use a fast charge (12amps) you use a trickle charge (3amps).  These CTEK units are intelegent multi-stage chargers which charge and condition batteries and are so good they can be left on a battery for months at a time because as soon as the battery is at full charge they discharge the battery and re-charge it - ideal for leisure batteries in fact.

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3.6 amps is quite a lot , it'll charge a 80Ah battery in about 24 hours, and a 110Ah one in about 36 hours.

We had a good debate recently about recharging batteries, and the result was that this sort of charger is the right sort to get.

If you use a higher uncontrolled rate (particularly with a flat battery) there's a significant risk that you can overheat and distort the plates

Having said that, I use a normal battery 8A charger but haven't ruined a battery (YET!!!)

So it's perefect for charging a battery from an EHU while you are using the 12V


Personcorpogreen
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 Sorry i stand corrected. I use an ordinary cheap (£6.99) 6 amp charger and use a timing switch with it.  To charge both of my 110 Ah batteries when they are about 50% charged it takes me 8 hours each as I do not use EHU I have had one battery 3 years and the other nearly 5 and i don't see any diferance in them, they both hold their charge OK. .

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PersonDandyman Bob
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The instructions for our CTEC 3600 state that it will put out a steady 7 amps at the 13.6 V setting which is safe for all appliances (apart from LCD tv's) even if there is no battery connected.  If you use more amps than this then the voltage is reduced.

This is a state of the art charger.  The instructions are available on line if you google for the charger.

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PersonPauls Posse
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Thanks all you camping masterminds.

Looking forward to Cirencester Park on Thursday next week (first trip).

Paul & Sharon



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if you read the spiel it charges up to a 75ah battery (strange number) and reconditions up to a 120ah battery.
reconditioning doesn't mean it discharges a battery then recharges it (thats for nicads) it means it uses high frequency to "knock" the salts off the plates making them more efficient.
using hi amps to charge a leisure battery does little harm !overcharging does especially on a battery that's plates are coated or have shorts.
leisure batteries are designed to take a little abuse as pretty crude chargers are fitted in caravans and motorhomes as a rule
leaving it on the charger long term means the charger monitors the voltage and if it drops puts a little boost in to keep it topped up rather than continual trickle charging which isn't so good

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