Re: [TANKS] scooter motor on e-bay

[Rick v100 <rickv100-at-yahoo.com>]

The Husky battery charger picked up a Home Depot will
not charge a battery unless there it sees a load.
Voltage output will drop to 0. 

I discovered this when I tried to use it for running
an electrolysis tank. 

Rick 


--- George Mastoras <idiom-at-optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> on 3/5/06 11:04 PM, Steve Tyng at STyng-at-acptrust.com
> wrote:
> 
> > Rick wrote:
> > 
> >> Forgive my ignorance but could you charge
> batteries using a
> >> regular battery charger? Most new ones have
> circuitry to
> >> prevent overcharging.
> > 
> > I'm not an expert on this but it's my
> understanding that entry level car
> > and motorcycle chargers do not have the overcharge
> limit circuits.
> > These need to be avoided.  The charger I linked to
> is a nice low cost
> > 1amp charger perfect for the batteries used in the
> hobby.
> > 
> > I mentioned the EV Warrior charger because it is
> designed to charge at
> > 24volts (two batteries at once).  I find this an
> advantage not only in
> > time savings but when I'm installing the batteries
> in the tank I know
> > that one will not have a higher charge than the
> other (they are
> > equalized).  I keep three pairs of batteries for
> the Cromwell.  The
> > pairs are color coded and I charge and discharge
> them as pairs.
> > 
> > 
> > Steve Tyng
> > 
> I am no expert either but heres some info I have
> learnt from others
> regarding this.
> Car battery chargers are crude devices and can
> output voltage spikes way
> above what your hobby batteries like and thus they
> can be damaged, Car
> batteries can take these spikes.
> To use a car charger you have to get a little
> electrical kit that will
> regulate the voltage.
> 
> The other thing that is important is that if the
> voltage is regulated to
> 14.4 volts then u will need to monitor the battery
> somehow so u know when
> its charged to remove it, which is a real pain.
> 
> If the regulator is set to 13.8 volts then you can
> pretty much leave the
> battery on charge as its like a trickle charge. I
> used to use this set up
> with 6 batteries connected at once and just left it
> for days.
> Its slower but its safe and cheap. If u already have
> a car charger a
> regulator kit is like less than 20 Aus dollars so
> its a cheap solution till
> u can get a better one. I got by using this method
> for a long time.
> 
>