Portable battery charger. What do you carry?
I've had many over the years but most are cheap and don't last long. I'm looking for a good portable 12 volt Smart charger that can desulfate and get my batteries to full charge if needed. What do...
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I carry a 2/10/50 charger-starter similar to the one above, but a different brand and much older.
I set it on it's 50 amp "starter" setting to charge our 200 AH AGM RV battery bank. The batteries won't absorb anywhere near 50 amps from this charger so leaving the charger on this setting doesn't cause it to trip it's circuit breaker, even after a couple of hours on this range. However, using the charger's 50 amp starter range does provide more current to the batteries than with the charger set on it's 10 amp range.
We don't clip our charger directly to the battery terminals. We clip it to the heavy duty cable connectors on the built-in generator where the cables coming over from the RV battery bank connect to the built-in generator for starting of the generator. This is a much easier way to attach the charger than opening up the RV's battery compartment.
I set it on it's 50 amp "starter" setting to charge our 200 AH AGM RV battery bank. The batteries won't absorb anywhere near 50 amps from this charger so leaving the charger on this setting doesn't cause it to trip it's circuit breaker, even after a couple of hours on this range. However, using the charger's 50 amp starter range does provide more current to the batteries than with the charger set on it's 10 amp range.
We don't clip our charger directly to the battery terminals. We clip it to the heavy duty cable connectors on the built-in generator where the cables coming over from the RV battery bank connect to the built-in generator for starting of the generator. This is a much easier way to attach the charger than opening up the RV's battery compartment.
