battery charger

ccrobins · Post by **ccrobins** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:13 pm

i want to be able to charge my leisure battery when on hookup as fridge and stuff run from the leisure directly - i know with a btter zig unit this could be changed but i reckon this solution would be far cheaper and easier. Therefore i suppose i want a battery charger which charges at a reasonable rate but wont over charge etc as it will be permanently connected when hookup supply is active.

does anyone do this already and if so can any makes / models be recommended ?

depending on price i may get one from fleabay 2nd hand

any help appreciated

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:17 pm

I do that. I just use a normal 8A charger that I bought years ago - the output drops as the batteries are charged.

ccrobins · Post by **ccrobins** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:19 pm

so its feasible then ?

i assume so long as i get a charger of around 8A if it has over carge protection everything should be hunky dory ?

WISHIHADABONGO · Post by **WISHIHADABONGO** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:21 pm

I use one of these

http://www.fasteronline.co.uk/Ring%20Au ... -3097.html

I dont bother with a leisure battery as I always have electric hook up

Yamaha · Post by **Yamaha** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:33 pm

Have a look at these on eBay - item no. 160223874115

I've bought a couple from him - fast service, and good English - and a bargain!!

Mike

ccrobins · Post by **ccrobins** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:44 pm

yamaha - looks interesting - not much info on the ebay auction but i assume it would do the job ?

is it easy to fit ? any indicators on it to show current charge etc ?

only issue i can see is that it says it charges to 100ah but a leisure battery is 110 ah ?

dp bradford · Post by **dp bradford** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:45 pm

I use a standard car battery charger that has two settings: boost and trickle charge. The output varies according to the state of charge of the battery, so I just leave it n the higher setting - no problems so far. And much cheaper than a Zig.

Dave

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:15 pm

Yamaha wrote:Have a look at these on eBay - item no. 160223874115

I've bought a couple from him - fast service, and good English - and a bargain!!

Mike

Just remember you may have to pay HMRC when it arrives.

ccrobins · Post by **ccrobins** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:58 pm

got myself a sealey battery charger which says its ok to leave permanently connected - ave wired it up permanently for when on hook up to trickle charge - tested ok but going away for 2 nights next weekend so will give a full test then

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