Battery charger

I have just bought, from a mate of mine a battery charger so that I can keep Lulu's battery fully charged The charger is officially a marine charger and it's a heavy beast. It is Italian, named Elettronautica and one of the settings is "Uscita 12V.DC 40A" Tommy has told me that it will charge a car battery in 1 hour. Can anyone on here tell me about battery charger and if this is suitable for charging car batteries because if not then I shall have to sell it on and buy one that is suitable. Thanks
 
With regular use you shouldn't need one:I
It sounds like a big old beast, maybe good for an emergency but remember what happened to Tim when he boosted the Colonel's battery a bit too much[xx(]

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Best with a battery conditioner, use one on my classic. You get an easy connect plug with them so can just connect it up. Keep the battery at optimum charge all winter.

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sometimes fast isnt best when it comes to batteries, too vigorous a charge on a lead acid battery can lead to fizzing of the plates which erodes them (and produces excess hydrogen) an intelligent charger is always best - I just have a solar panel connected to an intelligent split charger to keep the start & leisure batteries charged - without risk of overcharge

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Thanks for the advise about the charger, I know it cost a fortune so I suppose I will have no problems sekking it on again on ebay. I think it will charge 3 or 4 batteries all at once. Jim can you tell me please what is a battery conditioner?
 
Not sure whether i might have the wrong end of the stick, was thinking you were wanting to keep your batteries fully charged while she's parked up at home, if this is the case then a conditioner (ink they are actually called tenders) will intelligently keep it topped up perfectly without risk of damage, they are really small units and have a set of connector plugs you add to the battery permanently to make connecting up a plug in exercise. The one problem is that they won't charge a completely flat battery I leave my celiac on it all winter, summer time she fires straight up. Here's a Link to the thing I've got, mines similar to the 800 one that says. 'keeps your childs ATV fully charged' not sure why it says that, works a treat in my car. There's a good one on there that wil do two at once, good for leisure battery also and think that will charge from flat too.


http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=battery+tender&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari#q=battery+tender&hl=en&client=safari&tbo=u&source=univ&tbm=shop&sa=X&ei=KlIBULTwLKqb0QW6pKGyBw&ved=0CHQQrQQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=a8fdb1bc2c37b121&biw=1024&bih=690

Hope this helps

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Hi Jim. Yes that was my intention, to keep the battery charged at all times even in winter when it is impossible to get it out of the drive. I will have to have a study at what you have described as it would appear that the Elettronautica is not really for vehicle batteries. I should have no problem selling it on either Amazon or ebay. Thanks
 
Thanks for all the advice about the battery charger, I think I will probably sell it on, anyone know anybody with a boat who needs a battery charger.
 
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