Portable battery charger
Looking for a good portable charger for deep cycle 12 volt batteries, something that will desulfate as well as equalize. Having a hard time finding a smart charger. From old posts I see a lot of reco...
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Every ones needs and expectations are different. Our grp 27 that has seen five seasons boondocking has been charged by a 2/12/70 auto charger with a deep cycle setting before and after a trip. 3 days before, 3 days after and a day a month in between. I put it on the trailer Friday for testing the fridge, Monday it was down to 12.45v.
With all of the camping and testing I didn't expect it to last this long the way people talk about marine batteries.
Now if the charging screws up that battery, it is fairly inexpensive to replace. Not so with the Lifelines that would cost close to two grand to replace. I can't set the auto charger to do what the manual calls for so I made sure I had a means of maintaining them. The cost of the Megawatt and effort required is minimal if it means I might get ten years out of the bank.
As always, no one is right or wrong as long as it works for them.
With all of the camping and testing I didn't expect it to last this long the way people talk about marine batteries.
Now if the charging screws up that battery, it is fairly inexpensive to replace. Not so with the Lifelines that would cost close to two grand to replace. I can't set the auto charger to do what the manual calls for so I made sure I had a means of maintaining them. The cost of the Megawatt and effort required is minimal if it means I might get ten years out of the bank.
As always, no one is right or wrong as long as it works for them.
