wot battery charger

[shawn mcghee]

Just wondering wot sort of battery charger you recommend using for a deep cycle sealed lead acid battery.(100ah).I have a charger that has the ability to trickle or heavy charge but do i require one that is a little smarter

[Stu_000]

I use a ctek 7000 (7 amp) for my deep cycle (3 stage)

Have found it to be excellent

Do a search on charger - there is plenty of discusssion on what's available

HTH

[shawn mcghee]

thanks stu, i actually did the search after i put the post up.The charger i have has a 2a trickle charge and a 12.5 a heavy charge.from what i can understand if i use the 12.5a heavy charge that should suffice.

[Simmsy]

yeah i've got the c-tek 3600 and it does the job on a delkor 100 very well, definately a good charger worth the $$$

[shawn mcghee]

took the boat for a run today to test the electric and it ran beautiful, just gotta look at control it a little better as i was a bit over the place today but over all it performed really well

[Simmsy]

yeah they sure can take a bit of getting use to.
i reckon the secret is to use it on the slow speeds for a while until you get use to what you are doing.
slow and steady as she goes!

[bandit]

Guest dual battery charger mounted in boat, just plug in to mains and forget, running 24volt to 65 kota with two gel tech batteries.

[Bear]

If you don't have the money for the more expensive sounders, then one worth looking at is the WAECO range. I've had mine for a few years and it's been really good.

[shawn mcghee]

already have a navman sounder on board bear

[Bear]

Sorry, looking at sounders and meant to type chargers.

[shawn mcghee]

the charger i have is a pro user and is a supercheap auto charger, it has a heavy 12.5a charge and a 2 amp trickle, wot i do is charge it on heavy and when it cuts out and cycles on/off i then put it on trickle to top up