[Public-list] Battery Chargers

[Snelham at aol.com]

David
 
I have a small Guest charger 6 amps, multi stage, two batteries  at 3 amps 
each,  that I have mounted in the hanging locker and wired to the  starting and 
house batteries. Rather than leaving the charger on all the time,  which I 
found accelerated galvanic action of the zinc, I use a simple timer set  for one 
hour a day with a connection to shore power.
 
Batteries, one standard wet cell, one Optima, have stayed stay fully  charged 
for 4 years. The only disadvantage is if the bilge pump were constantly  
needed, the batteries might run down before the next charge.
 
John  Snelham
Skye Mist #644
 
 
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:34:43 -0400
From: "Amy & David Swanson"  <zira at bellsouth.net>
Subject: [Public-list] Battery Chargers?
To:  "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all"  <public-list at alberg30.org>
Message-ID:  <005e01c6f6fb$d39bb8e0$6401a8c0 at acer55c1d4102c>
Content-Type:  text/plain;    charset="iso-8859-1"

All - 

Does anyone  have any suggestions on battery chargers?  I have been using 
portable ones  that have a cut-off, but they keep crapping out after 1 - 2 years 
& either  stop charging or stay on & boil the batteries dry.  I was thinking 
of  getting a true permanently-mounted marine charger.  I have 2 banks of  
regular wet-cell batteries (group 27's).  I do not plan on leaving the  charger 
hooked up but would like one with an isolation transformer & a  complete 
automatic shut off.  Capacity/quick charge is not a big issue as I  usually plug in 
overnight at the marina when I am there.  Anyone have any  recommendations?

David Swanson
Strayaway Child
Alberg 20  #229