Re: [VFB] Trickle charger for my marine deep cycle battery

2014-12-18 Thread Chuck Alexander
) and they are sooo expensive. Chuck From: Gary Webb Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 11:34 PM To: vfb-mail Subject: Re: [VFB] Trickle charger for my marine deep cycle battery Hi Chuck, From working in a hospital I've had the opportunity to become familiar with batteries of every variety from

Re: [VFB] Trickle charger for my marine deep cycle battery

2014-12-17 Thread Gary Webb
Hi Chuck, From working in a hospital I've had the opportunity to become familiar with batteries of every variety from A (alkaline) to Z (zinc-air). My experience with lead-acid batteries is this: They do well when they are on a trickle charge all the time. They don't do well with being

Re: [VFB] Trickle charger for my marine deep cycle battery

2014-12-16 Thread Neville Gosling
HI Chuck: I suggest that you look at the reviews by purchasers of that device - when I looked they were not very good and I settled for a more expensive Deltran battery maintainer which does the job well. If I have used the battery a lot and it is depleted, I use a Minn Kota 10 amp charger

Re: [VFB] Trickle charger for my marine deep cycle battery

2014-12-16 Thread Chuck Alexander
Neville: Thanks. I'll recheck but I thought I saw where the cheaper ones were only 1/4 or 1/2 amp charge rate. But you're right, 14 volts would be a little hot for the battery and could cause an explosion. Chuck -Original Message- From: Neville Gosling Sent: Tuesday, December 16,

Re: [VFB] Trickle charger for my marine deep cycle battery

2014-12-16 Thread Chuck Alexander
Neville: I was just reading those reviews and you’re right. Paying more for a better quality charger would be the right thing to do I think. Thanks, Chuck From: Neville Gosling Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 5:46 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] Trickle charger for my