On Sat, 11 Nov 2017 19:49:03 -0500, Clare Snyder
wrote:

On Sat, 11 Nov 2017 17:25:25 -0600, Ignoramus15309
wrote:

On 2017-11-11, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Fri, 10 Nov 2017 20:56:07 -0600, Ignoramus30995
wrote:

I own a large amount of equipment, and some of it, such as my home
generator, is supported by battery maintainers.

Overall, reliability of those has been pitiful. They are sold by
"features", "microprocessors", "smart charge modes", have numerous LED
status lights, etc.

Because far too many people want more power, quicker charging, AND
cheaper pricing. Mfgrs overload power transistors, use the cheapest
suppliers for everything, and have hacks design the circuits. Then
these same people fail to hold the manufacturers to any warranty
claims. "It was cheap and I tossed it; lesson learned." But they
didn't learn it since they let the mfgr off without any angry
feedback.


The reality is that most of them fail in a year, often in moderately
cold weather or for no reason at all. Some stop working, some display
blinking lights and do not do their job, some drain batteries when
they fail etc.

Yeah, isn't that fun?


I am personally not even asking for much, just a weatherproof device
that keeps the battery mostly charged and not overcharged.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to locate anything useful that
could survive being out in the weather.

Build one into a Penguin case with weatherproof leads?


The one item that I had a lot of success with, is a solar battery
charger that I use on my rough terrain crane, that one seems to be a
champ and the crane is always charged. But the 110v devices are
abysmal.

Why not stick with what works? A portable solar panel is fairly cheap
to put in the truck fulltime, then deploy it on the roof when it sits.

This is what I will do, I will go with the Pulsetech solar charger.

By the way, Pulsetech's 110v chargers get the same kinds of
bad reviews like "failed in a year".

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Would anyone recommend some weatherproof charger, the "dumber" and
less sophisticated, the better. Thanks

I'm still using my dad's old 5A un-weatherproof louvered metal box.

I've got an old Canadian Tire charger I've had for decades, as well as
a Shumaker smart charger I've had for at least 10years. It is a bit
overly picky and accuses some good batteries of having a shorted cell
when I know from there performance they definitely do not.

I also have a Sears DieHard charger given to me by a friend when he
accidently left it in the "boost" mode too long and totally fried the
ammeter. I ordered a new one from a charger repair depot for something
like $17 and now it is as good as new.

I also have an assortment of 24 and 36 volt chargers floating around.
The old ones seam to live forever, while the newer ones have a ways to
go - - - -


https://www.ebay.com/sch/Chargers-In...ry+charger+12v


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