Charging harness for Power Wheels battery?

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I might be picking up some used Power Wheels for the kid. Being new to these things, it looks like the typical batteries for these toys use this type of connection:

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Can someone link to a harness/cable adapter that would allow me to charge such battery with a regular car charger (on low Amp setting) using standard SAE terminals or clamps? Quick google search did not find anything.

Thanks!
 
Considering that a 10 pack of female AMP connectors is less than $2 and a old lamp cord can be had for next to nothing, I would make my own. Just make sure to mark polarity
 
The best thing I did for the health of one of these style of batteries was I used my newer digital style battery charger for recharging it. I made a simple harness to hook up to my charger and it worked great ! It never stressed out the battery or accidentally overcharged it as the digital ones are very gentle when charging - esp. on the really low settings required for these batteries. I got really great life out of the battery (they are not known to last a long time typically ).
 
Originally Posted By: BurrWinder
I made a simple harness to hook up to my charger and it worked great !

Thanks. How did you make it? Did you buy a plug that plugs into the battery terminals?
 
I can't tell exactly what the connection in the black part is, but if it's just a male terminal, I'd be tempted to just use a pair of alligator clips since the current should be fairly low on a 9.5aH battery.

If you want a easier and cleaner setup, you can grab a connector off eBay for $10 and buy the SAE connector for another couple bucks.

Edit:

While googling, this site came up. If the battery you get is dead, this might be an interesting/cheaper battery upgrade:
http://moneyrhythm.com/projects/how-to-upgrade-a-power-wheels-battery/
 
Originally Posted By: bioburner
Considering that a 10 pack of female AMP connectors is less than $2 and a old lamp cord can be had for next to nothing, I would make my own. Just make sure to mark polarity


+1. An SAE barrel on one end and some female connectors from HD on the other would allow a BatteryMinder 2012 or similar to work (I think the OP has that one).
 
Good idea to use a real charger instead of the single voltage wall wart that comes with most of these devices. Do note this same, or very similar battery is also the heart of many lead acid jumper packs, and these too will benefit from a 3 stage charger over the single voltage low amperage wall wart.

These AGMs typically recommend charging currents upto 30% of battery capacity which in the case of you 9.5AH AGM is 3 amps or so.

They usually also say upto 14.9 volts.

When deeply cycled time and again, the 3 amp charging rate until ~14.9v is reached at less than 77F, would make the battery happier than a single voltage 13.6v 0.75 amp maximum charger that it came with.

It is not just the recharging time that would be decreased, but the higher charge rate would better be able to return the AGM battery to maximum energy density, and allow it to run the device for somewhat longer during the next discharge.

I cycle a larger AGM battery deeply, and the low and slow recharge to full is not nearly as effective as a higher rate to full. This is evident in higher voltage held during the next discharge cycle, and also on how quickly it can spin my starter motor, and the voltage maintained during engine cranking.

It gives me obvious signs when the high amp recharge is required, and these signs start at about 6 low and slower recharge cycles, and by 10 deep cycles without the higher charge rate the battery almost seems like it is on its way out.

But 40 amps applied to a 50% depleted 90AH AGM battery until 14.5v is reached at 77f, then held for ~4 to 6 more hours, and performance is restored to that nearly as good as when new.
 
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Originally Posted By: bioburner
Considering that a 10 pack of female AMP connectors is less than $2 and a old lamp cord can be had for next to nothing, I would make my own. Just make sure to mark polarity


+1. An SAE barrel on one end and some female connectors from HD on the other would allow a BatteryMinder 2012 or similar to work (I think the OP has that one).

Thanks. Yes, that would be the simplest thing to do. I guess I'll have to wait to actually see this battery from up close to tell if it'll accept some simple female spade connectors.
 
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