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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Ian Lancaster on October 09, 2009, 05:31:51 pm

Title: "Intelligent" 3 & 4 stage battery chargers
Post by: Ian Lancaster on October 09, 2009, 05:31:51 pm

Can anyone enlighten me as to how these work, and what they do that's better than the bog standard Halfords Fully Automatic charger that I've been using for the last umpteen years?

Been surfing but the only concrete fact I've come up with is they cost about £150-200 and the Halfords one is about £35

Reason I ask is I've got an Elecsol 100ah that's about 2 years old and when my Halfords charger says it's fully charged the voltage is showing as 12.58.

My understanding is that this indicates a battery in a partially discharged state, the optimum being around 13.8

Anybody know the facts?

Title: Re: "Intelligent" 3 & 4 stage battery chargers
Post by: neil100 on October 09, 2009, 06:50:59 pm

Yes they are a lot better,Click on the link below Ian and watch the video which will tell you how it works.I have 2 of  the 16amp version. They are superb.

http://www.ringautomotive.co.uk/images/flash/smartcharge.asp

Regards Neil.

Title: Re: "Intelligent" 3 & 4 stage battery chargers
Post by: Ian Lancaster on October 09, 2009, 06:54:55 pm

Thanks Neil

I also  found these - they make interesting reading and should help anyone with battery problems or questions:


www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-13.htm  "Charging the lead-acid battery"

and:

www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-23.htm   "How to charge - when to charge"

Title: Re: "Intelligent" 3 & 4 stage battery chargers
Post by: dd on October 09, 2009, 07:21:47 pm

I got a 3 stage charger from County Batteries for about £50.