Re: [VFB] Trickle charger for my marine deep cycle battery

2014-12-18 Thread Chuck Alexander
) and they are sooo expensive. Chuck From: Gary Webb Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 11:34 PM To: vfb-mail Subject: Re: [VFB] Trickle charger for my marine deep cycle battery Hi Chuck, From working in a hospital I've had the opportunity to become familiar with batteries of every variety from

Re: [VFB] Trickle charger for my marine deep cycle battery

2014-12-17 Thread Gary Webb
Hi Chuck, From working in a hospital I've had the opportunity to become familiar with batteries of every variety from A (alkaline) to Z (zinc-air). My experience with lead-acid batteries is this: They do well when they are on a trickle charge all the time. They don't do well with being

Re: [VFB] Trickle charger for my marine deep cycle battery

2014-12-16 Thread Neville Gosling
HI Chuck: I suggest that you look at the reviews by purchasers of that device - when I looked they were not very good and I settled for a more expensive Deltran battery maintainer which does the job well. If I have used the battery a lot and it is depleted, I use a Minn Kota 10 amp charger

[VFB] Trickle charger for my marine deep cycle battery

2014-12-16 Thread Neville Gosling
I just checked and noticed that the unit you are referring to Harbor Freight is a more expensive deluxe model of the one that I was considering that was not listed before. The cheaper ones go on sale with their coupons for about 6 bucks from time to time. I checked the reviews and it seems that

Re: [VFB] Trickle charger for my marine deep cycle battery

2014-12-16 Thread Chuck Alexander
, 2014 6:00 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Trickle charger for my marine deep cycle battery I just checked and noticed that the unit you are referring to Harbor Freight is a more expensive deluxe model of the one that I was considering that was not listed before. The cheaper ones go

Re: [VFB] Trickle charger for my marine deep cycle battery

2014-12-16 Thread Chuck Alexander
Neville: I was just reading those reviews and you’re right. Paying more for a better quality charger would be the right thing to do I think. Thanks, Chuck From: Neville Gosling Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 5:46 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] Trickle charger for my