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Date:   Sat, 10 Jan 2015 10:01:41 -0800
Reply-To:   Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
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From:   Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Subject:   Re: Westy battery charger
Comments:   To: Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:   <B8D3F27F-41C8-4AD9-8EE4-CD1ED8AB3F4D@gmail.com>
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When my 2/10 amp trickle charger died ~20 years ago, I bit the bullet and bought a real battery charger. Expensive? Yes. Worth it? YES! I can start an American diesel engine with completely flat batteries in about 5 minutes. I can start a Vanagon with a completely flat battery in the time it takes to slide the seat forward and attach the leads. I can charge my 7.5 AH Honda 70 battery without boiling the electrolyte. I can test a starter motor on the bench. (Which I intend to do in about an hour.) Spend the money and never worry about a battery charger again.

Mine is similar to this: <http://www.amazon.com/Schumacher-SE-4022-Wheeled-Battery-Charger/dp/B00030BFQA/ref=sr_1_1?i>

I use a booster battery (hot start) when I’m traveling.

A real battery charger is one of the best tool purchases I’ve ever made. I use it at least every couple months. It turns what was a couple day job into a couple minute job.

Jim

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt

> On Jan 10, 2015, at 3:26 AM, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Good morning to all > My 20 year old Sears craftsman battery charger went south yesterday trying to trickle charge my Westy main battery! Does anyone have a recommendation for a new charger? Reading all the reviews of all the ones out their sure is confusing. Many horror stories of the Chargers burning etc. batteries exploding etc. any thoughts? Any suggestions? > Dennis > > Dennis Jowell > Scotch Hollow Farm > Newbury Vermont

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