raekmike
Seaman
- Joined
- Jan 27, 2008
- Messages
- 58
Re: On-board battery charger recommendation
De-sulfate is the real deal. brought a few batts back from near death to almost like new. Been using a husky from home depot. Cost was 60 or 70 bucks and it was a 20/10/2 charger.
Would have to dis-agree with the charging amps. I tend to about 10 group 27 deep cycle batteries for my boat and camper. I run em dead weather in the camper or running my bow mount 55 wireless. The law I live by is those batteries are charging as soon as they get home. Set em at the 20 amp charge which is obviously computer controlled and adjusted by the husky to a full charge. My batteries range from 1 to 6 years old and have never lost one yet. I desulfate twice yearly. once after spring/summer fishing and once after fall hunting. Once a month I hook up the charge to em to maintain the full charge. The number one thing that will kill a battery is storing it discharged. You put gas in a motor before you start it, and you put a charge on a battery before you store it. Don't be lazy, take care of your stuff. Keep your money in your pocket.
Get a Good Portable charger with the recondition feature. Forget the onboard, You gota plug both in anyway when you get home but the portable gives you alot more options for half the price and oh wow you can use it for the car batteries too.......just my 2 cents plus a buck....
Thumb below shows my 2 dedicated batteries for my interior lights and bow mounted 55 wireless. other side has another group 27 for starting, radio and fishfinder.
De-sulfate is the real deal. brought a few batts back from near death to almost like new. Been using a husky from home depot. Cost was 60 or 70 bucks and it was a 20/10/2 charger.
Would have to dis-agree with the charging amps. I tend to about 10 group 27 deep cycle batteries for my boat and camper. I run em dead weather in the camper or running my bow mount 55 wireless. The law I live by is those batteries are charging as soon as they get home. Set em at the 20 amp charge which is obviously computer controlled and adjusted by the husky to a full charge. My batteries range from 1 to 6 years old and have never lost one yet. I desulfate twice yearly. once after spring/summer fishing and once after fall hunting. Once a month I hook up the charge to em to maintain the full charge. The number one thing that will kill a battery is storing it discharged. You put gas in a motor before you start it, and you put a charge on a battery before you store it. Don't be lazy, take care of your stuff. Keep your money in your pocket.
Get a Good Portable charger with the recondition feature. Forget the onboard, You gota plug both in anyway when you get home but the portable gives you alot more options for half the price and oh wow you can use it for the car batteries too.......just my 2 cents plus a buck....
Thumb below shows my 2 dedicated batteries for my interior lights and bow mounted 55 wireless. other side has another group 27 for starting, radio and fishfinder.
