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Title: battery charger
Post by: MikeP on July 16, 2019, 07:15:27 PM

so with recently draining my battery trying to get it going i looked into a 6v car battery charger and so i bought 1 from harbor freight and it charged great at 4amps except that it took forever on my battery im not sure of the capacity of our battery's but mine is a super fleet with 640 cca but my charger aside i would like something that chargers faster but i dont know all that capacity amp talk lol any recommendations

Title: Re: battery charger
Post by: Rus Curtis on July 16, 2019, 09:23:55 PM

Your battery sounds typical.


It takes a while for a charger to safely charge a battery.  Mine sat for a few months and my Battery Tender charger took overnight and then some.  I just looked and noticed a couple of 6V models on their website.

http://products.batterytender.com/Chargers/

Some batteries can handle fast charging but they wear out faster.  A slow charge is the healthy way to go.