charging batteries

[Dorkhedeos]

if i use the car battery charger that can charge 7 amps and less in my schools auto shop, will it burn the battery or will it be fine??

 

[warlokboats]

what type of batt? what ampere is the batt?

 

[Dorkhedeos]

its a gel cell 12 volts 7ah

 

[nitrotoys]

If you can trickle charge the battery thats even better.

I bought the little plug in charger for mine. Once good and charged they last a long time.

 

[Dorkhedeos]

wow, so i can charge my gel cell using a car battery that is set on 1.5amp trickle charge and it would be ok?

 

[Dorkhedeos]

car battery charger

 

[warlokboats]

you have to watch it carefully. if you dont it will boil the battery. it is best to use a 1 amp trickle charger over night. at 1 amp it will not damage the battery. unless you leave it on for a few days. hope this helps.

jon

 

[Eric Canto]

If you are using gel cells, using an automatic 1.5 amp charger could not possibly "boil" or damage the battery unless the charger is defective. The 1.5 amp charger will work great.

Eric

 

[Dorkhedeos]

the auto shop in my school has a battery charger that can charge as i think it was 1, but in the summer, im going to have to use a different charger, the lowest my dads car battery charger can go is 2, is 2 ok for a gel cell? do i need to charge it overnight before i use it for the first time?

 

[nitrotoys]

You need to buy a hobbico 12v battery charger for your battery.

Did you get a starter panel or how are you going to wire your starter and glo driver? Best i found is running a glow driver off a panel.

Put some gator clips on the charger ends and just let charge for 12-24 hours.

and YES Fully charge your battery at 1 amp for the first time.

They come i think with a charge to them, kinda like a wet charge. I doubt there charged fully from the factory. Best bet charge at 1 amp over night, and it will be a good battery for you, Depending on use, you dont need to charge it before everytime to the pond. My 12v 14amp gel cell lasted well over a month with 2 days a week at the lake.

I have used a car battery charger, 2-4 amps i think, but was used to top it off for a hour or two of charge.

Tom

About boiling the batteries, if its not a automatic charger or dont shut off, it will COOK The battery. You will not "boil" the battery, but over charging it will take life out of the battery cycles.

 

[Dorkhedeos]

i think i will have to use my dads charger because my battery might not arrive before friday morning. if it arrives on thursday, i can bring it to autoshop and charge it while im in class, that is like 7 hours. i think my dads battery charger is automatic. will it affect the battery life if i charge it on 2 amps for the first time?

 

[Dorkhedeos]

hey, it might come by friday, its in sacramento right now, do you think fedex will deliver when it just arrives at the delivery point?