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Explorer

Jul 24, 2019

Battery Chargers

I will be buying 2-6 volt golf cart batteries and wiring in series. For Standalone chargers what do you recommend? There’s 750 MA and one, two, three, four, five amp chargers....etc Noco, Battery Tender, Minder...etc. I don’t care how fast they recharge the batteries because this will be more for winter storage to have them sit on the charger 24/7 throughout many months to keep them topped off. Otherwise during the camping season if you’re using your camper every few weeks I’ve heard the regular on board converter is enough to keep fully charged Without the need of a standalone charger. Aslong as u have a battery shutoff switch. Is this correct? Or do some of you guys use a standalone charger connected to ur batteries on camper 24 seven 365 to keep the batteries topped off?? As I’ve heard that some onboard converters plugged in All the time will fry your batteries

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Nomad
Jul 24, 2019
If you have a modern 3 stage converter, you can leave it plugged in year round and not worry about destroying your batteries. Just keep an eye on your water level.
Golferdude21
Explorer
Jul 24, 2019
Smart battery tender maintainers is what i was getting at. For long winter storage to keep on 24/7 and in between camping trips to keep batteries topped off
wa8yxm
Explorer III
Jul 24, 2019
Are you talking about maintenance chargers or Camping rechargers or both?

For "Every day recharging" a Progressive Dynamics 9260 is fantastic That is a 3 stage converter and a good size for the GC-2 Pairs. Stage 3 is maintenance

For a slower recharge. (one shot manual restart) and maintenance

I have a big (And I mean BIG) Deltran Battery Tender.

This is not the one I have but... Looks like similar specs

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Lwiddis
Explorer II
Jul 24, 2019
Does the regular onboard converter you are considering charge at the battery manufacturer’s recommended voltage for bulk, absorption and float charging? Does it have equalization capacity?

I suggest you don’t guess at how many battery amp hours you need. Do an energy survey. Easiest way to keep your batteries charged is a solar system.