Re: Battery Charger

Posted by John T on March 16, 2006 at 07:58:24 from (66.244.90.98):

In Reply to: Battery Charger posted by Paul L on March 15, 2006 at 22:20:39:

Paul, the answer depends on how you intend to use it and what your budget is. If you have several big tractors and need to get them charged and running quickly in cold weather, then you need one of those 100 to 200 amp booster trype roll around chargers. If you rarely need a battery chargerd and/or dont care if it takes an hour to charge it, then a smaller portable charger like the 6 to 20 amp units will suffice.

As far as batterys, a good slow charge is probably better then a fast high charge. If you simply need to trickle charge the batteries or maintain them over long winter storage, then one of those so called smart chargers is all you need, but thats not much use at 0 degrees when you need to get a tractor started quickly.

I think you ought to buy two if the budget allows. A roll around of at least 100 amps which has 2 or 3 charge settings allowing for a slower charge if youre not in no hurry or a fast boost for starting. Then a cheaper low amp smart charger for maintenance purposes on a unit that gets little winter use.

John T

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