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 first although the little Deltran will bring it up to full power after a few days. Deltran does make a waterproof charger for boat installation which is more $. I would not use the Habor freight in the rain or even my Deltran.
Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver BC Canada > On Dec 16, 2014, at 3:13 PM, Chuck Alexander <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Folks: This coming Spring (barring more health problems etc) my wife and I > plan to go fishing at LEAST a cpl times per week. My question is about a > trickle charger for my deep cycle battery I use to power my trolling motors > (we use two to get to where across the lake and back,then the foot controlled > one to troll the shoreline hunting for bluegills and/or bass “on the bed”. > Anyway,, till now, I have to heft my 50-60 pound battery into my workshop, > put it on the 2 amp setting on my 2/6/55/jumpstart big battery charger, then > lug it back into the back of the boat to go fishing again. It’s been either > that, or risking the charger getting rained on and ruined, or electrocuting > somebody. Anyway, this charger from Harbor freight in the hyperlink below is > a 3/4 amp trickle charger/maintainer. > > What I’m wondering is (even if it takes a cpl days to do it) is will this > little charger charger my 105 amp hour battery?? The manual with it says it’s > for batteries that are from 5 to 125 ah batteries. The 125 is more than the > max 105 listed, but I have read where ppl say YES it will charge my battery, > and others say NO it won’t. Truth probably lies in the middle as in like I > said, I think it will, but may take up to a cpl days to do so, depending on > how drained the battery is. Anybody here tried a charger like this?? Reason I > want this is because I plan to make a “bass boat” out of my jon boat be > decking it with plywood in the front and back, so we have a place to stand up > while fishing as my back starts to hurt if I sit all day, so I plan to > “permanently” mount this charger on my stern plywood piece, so that all I > have to do it run the extension cord to the boat and let er rip. Thanks a > lot. Chuck > > http://www.harborfreight.com/12-volt-deluxe-battery-maintainer-and-float-charger-61911.html > > <http://www.harborfreight.com/12-volt-deluxe-battery-maintainer-and-float-charger-61911.html> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > <http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en> > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > <http://www.linesend.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
