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liborko
Feb 14, 2016Explorer
LOL every time I read these 7 miles long treads about battery charging.
Seems to me that members of this "Battery frying club" just want to discuss and argue all the junk converter/chargers on the market instead of investing in really good chargers made by Xantrex. Xantrex (former Statpower) figured out three stage automatic charging in eighties. Compare that with all of these newcomers I never heard of (and I sport white hair).
In 2015 I replaced 14 years old original starting battery. Not because it was dead but because I was embarrassed driving around with 14 years old battery. Charged and maintained by Xantrex Prosine 2.0. For all my other charging I use Xantrex TrueCharge 40+.
If you want a true plug-and-forget charging, get rid of junk and replace with Xantrex charger or inverter charger. 10 years ago I paid $220 for one gel cell 6V battery and I have four of them. What is $500 for a quality charger compared to that?
Seems to me that members of this "Battery frying club" just want to discuss and argue all the junk converter/chargers on the market instead of investing in really good chargers made by Xantrex. Xantrex (former Statpower) figured out three stage automatic charging in eighties. Compare that with all of these newcomers I never heard of (and I sport white hair).
In 2015 I replaced 14 years old original starting battery. Not because it was dead but because I was embarrassed driving around with 14 years old battery. Charged and maintained by Xantrex Prosine 2.0. For all my other charging I use Xantrex TrueCharge 40+.
If you want a true plug-and-forget charging, get rid of junk and replace with Xantrex charger or inverter charger. 10 years ago I paid $220 for one gel cell 6V battery and I have four of them. What is $500 for a quality charger compared to that?
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