Reliability of Chargers - Page 2

 the following in alt.scooter:


    Aye... I'd have to run a 100 foot extension cord from the laundry
room to my parking stall to do trickle charging...

    OTOH: it is time for me hook up the intelligent charger for a few
hours -- just to ensure the battery hasn't sulfated (the charger has a
desulfate mode which attempts to desulfate a battery by using high
amperage pulses at around 15-16 volts)
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 Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:


Maybe you should look into a solar trickle charger.
The capacity is REALLY low but it might be enough to keep you
going.......assuming that someone doesn't steal it.....since it has to be
out in the open.

 declaimed the following in alt.scooter:



    And where would I put it? At home -- no sun, since it is night time.

    And I'm not going to haul fragile solar panels to work (where the
motorcycle parking is under a bunch of trees) and back each day.
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 Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:


OK, Dennis, I see it's gonna be one of THOSE games........where you find
fault with every suggestion made.  FINE.  Your on you own.  Have fun.

In order to improve your battery situation, some small change in your
lifestyle might be necessary...........like parking IN the sun at work.  The
solar panels involved are not that large and are quite sturdy.........but I
guess you'd prefer to just keep crying and moaning.

Maybe you could eliminate the problem altogether by NOT arming the alarm
when simple logic should tell you that the likelyhood of theft is extremely
low..........like in the day time while you are at work.

 Who Me? wrote:

I got a $10 solar panel from Harbor Freight that saved my 6-volt battery
when it was drained. It makes about 22 volts in full sun with no load,
but that dropped to around 6 when connected to the battery. It will
apply about 12 volts when connected to a 12-volt battery. The low amp
output makes it versatile, it auto-adjusts and can't overcharge anything.

My 6-volt battery was already drained below the threshold where my
BatteryTender would kick in and begin to charge. Lots of chargers won't
even begin to charge a battery that is too weak.