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DIY 6V charger?
Is it possible to DIY up a 6V charger for old car batteries, or to buy one
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DIY 6V charger?
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from "Doki" contains these words: Is it possible to DIY up a 6V charger for old car batteries, or to buy one cheap? Quite a lot of chargers still cater for 6V as many smaller motorbikes run on this. Of course, the output's lower... http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...EO&U=strat1 5 I know it says up to 5Ah, but it'd just take longer. -- Skipweasel Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. |
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DIY 6V charger?
The message
from "Doki" contains these words: Is it possible to DIY up a 6V charger for old car batteries, or to buy one cheap? Maplin do one - but it's low powered but has the advantage of changing to trickle when full. http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...EO&U=strat1 5 Or there's plenty of 6V chargers on eBay. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/6-Amp-6-12V-Ca...mZ180004445102 -- Skipweasel Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. |
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DIY 6V charger?
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from Guy King contains these words: Maplin do one - but it's low powered but has the advantage of changing to trickle when full. Ooops, dunno what happened there! -- Skipweasel Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. |
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DIY 6V charger?
Doki wrote in message ... Is it possible to DIY up a 6V charger for old car batteries, or to buy one cheap? Yes, but ebay or boot sale would probably be cheaper. -- Now there's a look in your eyes, Like black holes in the sky... RIP syd |
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DIY 6V charger?
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Guy King writes: The message from "Doki" contains these words: Is it possible to DIY up a 6V charger for old car batteries, or to buy one cheap? Maplin do one - but it's low powered but has the advantage of changing to trickle when full. http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...EO&U=strat1 5 I've got this one. It has too high a charging voltage to trickle charge, in spite of what it claims. You will need to ensure you switch it off when battery is fully charged (unless you like to hear fizzing noises and ballon-shaped SLA batteries;-). -- Andrew Gabriel |
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DIY 6V charger?
Doki wrote:
Is it possible to DIY up a 6V charger for old car batteries, or to buy one cheap? very simple NT |
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DIY 6V charger?
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:16:27 +0100, Guy King
wrote: Maplin do one - but it's low powered but has the advantage of changing to trickle when full. Why is that an advantage ? As 6V car batteries are effectively obsolete and gel cell batteries need different voltages, then we're presumably talking about small motorbike batteries here. If they're charged fully then there's an advantage to float charging them, but continuing to trickle charge them (voltage between float and full-rate charging) is going to kill them pretty quickly. |
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DIY 6V charger?
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from Andy Dingley contains these words: Maplin do one - but it's low powered but has the advantage of changing to trickle when full. Why is that an advantage ? Because it means you can leave it overnight. Obviously leaving it on all the time would be silly and not something you'd want to do with that sort of charger but it does mean you don't have to sit and watch it like a hawk. -- Skipweasel Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. |
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