Stand alone battery charger

Oooooo! I don't think I have seen a pic of the Borg in its current incarnation! Looking good :).

My 20 amp Battery Tender has served me well.
Price is a bit higher now but what did I know 15 years ago.

Thanks, but I think I will stick with the PD.

(And the pendant is why I am getting the 9245 rather than the 9145.)

Then there is the...



The Guts




"My dad can beat up your dad!"

See the wind up timer on the side? The upper Mega can be set from 11.00 volts to 15.55 volts up to 6-hours duration in .01 volt increments, then after the timer winds down, charging defaults to the lower unit, which has similar properties. Want a 14.9 volt absorbsion charge and 12.9 float? We can do that. Want a massive 14.7 volt 95 amp charge? We can do that.

But the BORG isn't for everyone.

Bobbo wrote:
Actually, that was what I was thinking of doing before I decided to ask here. Thank you for validating my opinion. PD9245, here I come.

Don't forget the remote pendant. Even if you never would use it in your RV, you might want it for the "portable" for some jobs.

Actually, that was what I was thinking of doing before I decided to ask here. Thank you for validating my opinion. PD9245, here I come.

It is hard to find portable chargers that do more than a few amps. Since you also want one that acts like a 3 stage converter and portables don't, I suggest you make your own portable from a deck mount converter. I have done that and it works just fine.

Plus you get lots of amps, they don't shut off at the end of the recharge (so you can use them as a Float charger and you can also use them as a constant voltage power supply for some jobs.)

Just hack off one end of a set of booster cables (be sure to use heavy wire guage ones though, #6 cu at least) and put that in the converter's output terminals. Ta da! Now you can clamp it onto a battery, plug it in and you are doing it, same as with a portable charger.

I believe BFL13 has gone down that road and up and down more than a few hills.