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30/12/2009 at 8:39am
Location: Pink Panther Country (Co Durham)
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Hi, on no account use the fast charge on a leisure battery EVER, my charger has a maintain setting, its a Britool designed to keep a motorbike battery charged, it has a maximum output of only 2 amps.
I think you should be using the recondition program if you are leaving it on all winter, this will take the battery up to fully charged using varying outputs, then when fully charged should maintain it there.
Failing that only use the lowest setting.
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30/12/2009 at 12:18pm
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I don't know the charger but from what I read of the instructions, the 'might damage' warning is I think dependent on how big a battery your charging?
IE, if it's an 85-110Ahr leisure battery, 8Amps is not what I'd call 'fast' charge, however, if it's a little motorbike battery, say 16Ahr then set to 8A it would attempt to charge that battery in 2hrs which is fast!
I use little 12v 1.2Ahr batteries for testing and have a special charger for them, it's maximum output is just 0.3A and they charge up in about 5-6hrs.
I did once try using a 3.6A charger and it said it had charged them in about 5 minutes! in truth they went flat in 5 minutes as well!! so no good
As you are not in a hurry and simply want to maintain a full charge, I'd first use the recondition setting, and when it's finished and after a few hours, measure the battery terminal voltage, if it's 13.4v-13.8v then it's automatically dropped back to 'maintanance' charge and you can happily leave it connected like that 'maintaining' your batteries charge.
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