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I use a CTEK Multi 25000 on a 225amp, golf cart battery pack. It works very well. I can equalize the batteries in about 12 -16 hours.

Good info. My NOCO's are getting to be about two years old, so maybe EOL for them. I'll look at CTEK if they die.

Big fan of Schumacher's and picked up a couple more at a farm sale this spring.

I've got the big ones too, but the only time I've used those is with the quick start option on a completely drained battery and that can't be good for a battery. The handiest one that I have is the Stanley One Touch charger that has the 2 amp trickle, 6 amp automatic and the 8 amp battery boost with a QST quick start timer with led read out that counts down when the vehicle is ready to start. The charger comes with a split cord with the standard alligator clamps and a really handy cigarette lighter DC plug that lets you charge or boost up your battery through the cigarette lighter plug if they still have those in cars. That DC plug connection also fits the cord on the .2 amp trickle $30.00 charger at Walmart. Trickle charging is the best for the battery they tell me if you have the time.

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Good morning to you sir, I hope the weekend was a good one for you and all who matter to you are well.

At one point in my working life I managed a storage business where we stored boats, RV's, motorcycles, classic and exotic autos, so dealing with dead batteries was a common, for sure weekly and sometimes daily activity.

Thus it was we had multiple battery chargers and here's what I now know.

Some of the new "smart" chargers do not "recognize" a completely dead battery and will not begin to charge it without one either jumping the battery with a vehicle and booster cables or another battery. That was not always handy to say the least.

Some of the clients had "battery tenders" or "battery maintainers" which would charge, then discharge the battery a wee bit in order to maintain it at peak cranking amps. I was so impressed I bought one for my little diesel tractor which used to eat a battery every few years and never seemed to have enough juice in winter - stored inside but unheated. Since installing the battery tender - maybe $50 CDN unit?

Anyways, I'd make sure that the charger you're about to spend your money on does all you want it to, as the boss bought us two huge charger/booster units that had the "smart" capability and wouldn't do anything with a completely dead battery.

Hope that was useful to someone out there, good luck with your batteries one and all and all the best.

Dwayne

I've got a 2/5/10/50 Schumacher that's given me great service for 25 years, so when I decided to get one of those jump starter/power pack things & after comparing a bit, I decided Schumacher would be a good choice as well.

I am pleased with it as well. And, amp per amp, it cost little more than a Harbor Freight unit.

WM ain't always a bad place to find stuff.