Hello
I am in the market for a battery charger for home use, our household has 4 vehicles.
Are any of these recommended?
I am in the market for a battery charger for home use, our household has 4 vehicles.
Are any of these recommended?
The new smart chargers are great but be aware that there can be instances with a discharged battery that a smart charger just shuts down and won't charge it. I have run across this on several occasions.
More than once I have been able to resuscitate an old discharged battery with an old school type charger and then finish charging with the newer style smart charger.
I've used a 1.5 or 2 amp Schumacher and it works very well. No issues getting even a big truck battery from normal usage levels up to fully topped off within 6 to 10 hours.I like my NOCO 2 amp, gets the job done. Does everything I need it to in a speed that's decent. I got it from Amazon on a Black Friday promo sale 2+ years ago. I've also read good things about the NOCO 5 amp, currently ~$20 more than the 2 amp.
IIRC: Some of the newer ones have an override to force charge really dead batteries.The new smart chargers are great but be aware that there can be instances with a discharged battery that a smart charger just shuts down and won't charge it. I have run across this on several occasions.
More than once I have been able to resuscitate an old discharged battery with an old school type charger and then finish charging with the newer style smart charger.