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  • Almot's avatar
    Almot
    Explorer III
    MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
    How much is the TOTAL including shipping? I cannot access the Northern Hydrofunk website down here.

    Mex, shipping to where you are, is a big unknown. Within 48 states expect S/H $8-10, total $30.

    I like this:
    "...automatic high frequency pulse desulfation (not high voltage), which helps extend the life of a battery up to four times over its normal life".
    Gotta put my car battery on it, let it live 20 years :)... maybe...

    And here are the specs:

    Input
    105-130 Vac 50/60 Hz 0.19A
    Output
    12 Vdc @ 1.00 Amps
    Output
    10.5 Vdc @ 1.3 Amps
    Charge Voltage
    14.0 Vdc
    Float Voltage
    13.4 Vdc
    Desulphation Pulse
    1.0A @ 3.26 MHz
    Float Current
    5 mA - 200 mA
    Size/Weight
    3-3/4” L x 2-1/2” W x 2-1/4” H / 2.3 lbs
    Operating Temperature
    0°F - 125°F
  • How much is the TOTAL including shipping? I cannot access the Northern Hydrofunk website down here.
  • The float charger at Harbor Freight is nowhere near the equivalent of the Battery Minder. It does not have the desulfation feature and the quality is much less. I tried the HF device on farm equipment batteries over the winter twice and both failed in a couple of months. I had been using a Battery Minder on my motor home to keep the engine battery charged while parked for several years and switched to one at the orchard. Still working fine after five years according to the new owner.
    Specs for the Battery Minder.
    BatteryMINDer® Model1500 includes full-time automatic high frequency pulse desulfation (not high voltage), which helps extend the life of a battery up to four times over its normal life. The unit can maintain up to four 12 Volt batteries at one time when connected in parallel by using SmarTechnology™ Y-Connectors (part# 210AY) or customer supplied 18-Gauge insulated wire