[TR] Trickle chargers and drills

[DAVID MASSEY]

 Smart chargers have been on the market for the last 20+ years.  These will quickly charge a battery until it is fully charged and then "float" the battery at ~13.7 volts.  You can leave these connected forever without endangering the battery.
In my line of business we buy between 300 and 400 chargers a year.  We have tested and evaluated many chargers and these three pass muster.  There are probably other quality manufacturers out there that do not offer the style/size charger that fits our needs so we haven't evaluated them anddon't consider the fact that they are missing from my list as a recommendation to avoid.

The CTEK model Don referenced is a good charger.  I have a couple at home and use them when I need to charge a battery.  The units I have need to be told what battery type you have (wet cell, AGM, motorcycle) each time you hook it up.  This is not an issue for car hobbyists but our application needed a charger that will start automatically when power is plugged in.
 
In addition to the CTEK there are a couple of companies to investigate. ChargePro(R) (a division of Marinco) makes chargers for the boating crowd.  While we car hobbyists have a passing interest, boaters live and die by their chargers.  Consider that most boats sit idle for months on end but have to start and support all manner of electrical accessories like lights, two-way radios, depth finders and such.
https://marinco.com/en/products/Power-Conversion/Battery-Chargers/Charge-Pro
Another, new company out there is NOCO with their Genius line of chargers.  These seem to be readily available and they have a wide selection.
https://no.co/brands/noco-genius
Any of these three come with my recommendation.


Dave 


 
 
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From: auprichard uprichard.net <auprichard at uprichard.net>
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Sent: Fri, Oct 28, 2022 8:50 am
Subject: [TR] Trickle chargers and drills

 <!--#yiv8801398782 _filtered {} _filtered {}#yiv8801398782 #yiv8801398782 p.yiv8801398782MsoNormal, #yiv8801398782 li.yiv8801398782MsoNormal, #yiv8801398782 div.yiv8801398782MsoNormal {margin:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;}#yiv8801398782 span.yiv8801398782EmailStyle17 {font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none none;}#yiv8801398782 .yiv8801398782MsoChpDefault {font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;} _filtered {}#yiv8801398782 div.yiv8801398782WordSection1 {}-->My wife just asked what I wanted on my Christmas list – joy!    I’d like to get trickle chargers which I can plug in and forget about when we are away during the winter.  What recommendations do you have?    Also, my cordless drill is old and done:  again, any recommendations?    Andrew Uprichard Jackson, Michigan ** triumphs at autox.team.net **

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