B&D VEC1093DBD for $99 can.

The description says 4/10/20/40 Amp charger, but the enlarged picture of the charger says 40 amp/20 amp/10 amp/2 amp charge rates. Is it really a VEC1093DBD?

I bought one in 2008. Was connected solely to my house for charging a flooded Wally 29 for emergency BiPAP. Voltage corrected via a five thousand dollar SOLA ferroresonant line tamer. Power filtered with a full isolation transformer. Charger lasted less than two weeks then smoked. Unable to return for warranty. This was a hundred forty dollar charger at Wally World including tax. The electrical correction protects a five thousand dollar Tectronix scope and two thousand dollar voltage regulator tester.

The light weight appeals to me. Jesús, can borrow it and take it down to the beach. I'd hate to play the part of gullible, twice. The more finished the Borg gets the more reluctant I will be to let it out of my sight.

Sounds like the HF blew the stud-type breaker as the transformer hums (according to him) but no juicy Lucy. It has a pair of 40-amp stud rectifiers so they didn't blow.

Down here, warantees about as useful as a crucifix at an ISIS meeting. I might just bite the bullet and go the Megawatt and spring wound Intermatic timer route. I need something that reliably charges batteries not a plastic art deco gizmo that is soon useful only for hurling at barking dogs. The PS plus the timer, a pair of charge leads, good clips and good quality power cord is a hundred twenty dollar investment, some assembly required. That close to the ocean, at the enramada, the air is slick with salt and humidity.

It may not float your battery, but it may just 'float your boat'.

I bought one to replace my Peak 40a. It should make for a handy back-up charger, if nothing else.

They also have one that does a 100a jump start. (edit: I see now that this one has a jump start)

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Elucidate Me...

Starting out with a 100 amp hour flooded battery, depleted to 50% what -exactly- does a person need to do to regain 100.00% state of charge. With this charger? How long of time is needed?

Anyone out there feel convinced they have aggregated a thousand hours of float time on a single B&D ?

Mex they don't float. I don't know why you are so skeptical of the 40a VEC1093DBD. I'd be lost without mine.

They get the battery to about 97% SOC and shut off saying FUL. Then you can go to the next step to get to 100%, which is to run the charger again in the 4amp setting with "equalize" on.

That runs for a while at a higher voltage in the 15s while amps taper from 4.1amps on down. This can take several hours or less than an hour, depending on the condition of the battery. The charger says FUL and now you check the battery SG. It might be up to baseline or not but will be close to baseline.

It might take a second run at 4a and E to get the SG all the way to baseline if the battery has been doing some 50-90s previously and got in rough shape from doing that. The second run does not take as long as the first. Now your battery is at 100% and can go on a float charger if you have one.

The beauty of the VEC doing that overcharge is you can do it overnight while sleeping, because it is automatic and shuts off by itself. No need to be there to monitor the equalize session as with a manual charger.

I don't know anything about its failure rate but mine is six years old and has been used many times. I did change its fan to make it quieter, but that was not a performance issue.

Your link works perfect and that's a great deal on that particular charger. I've had one for years and it's the best portable I've ever found.
Nice find.

Elucidate Me...

Starting out with a 100 amp hour flooded battery, depleted to 50% what -exactly- does a person need to do to regain 100.00% state of charge. With this charger? How long of time is needed?

Anyone out there feel convinced they have aggregated a thousand hours of float time on a single B&D ?

Nice find.