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Bruce Baker
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Initially Posted - 08/24/2005 :  09:28:34  Show Profile
I've got a wimpy Guest 6 amp battery charger. It took about 36 hours to fully charge my drained deep-cycle battery. Is there something I can buy that:

1. Doesn't cost a fortune
2. Charges faster
3. Doesn't fry my battery?
Bruce Baker
Falls Church, VA
"Yee Ha" 3573
'83SR/SK
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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 08/24/2005 :  10:23:05  Show Profile  Visit Leon Sisson's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">1. Doesn't cost a fortune
2. Charges faster
3. Doesn't fry my battery?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">I think this may be like "Faster, Better, Cheaper" -- you can only get at most two out of the three.

-- Leon Sisson
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matsche
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Response Posted - 08/24/2005 :  11:05:21  Show Profile
I've had good luck with my [url="http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10001&productId=29820"]TrueCharge 10amp[/url]
charger for dual batteries. I've used it for the last 3 years. Great product, but doesn't meet the "cheaper" category. TrueCharge has other models to meet various needs.
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 08/24/2005 :  14:08:06  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
I have used Guest on my boats and never been sorry. I have a factory installed Ferroresonant now that is not a three stage but runs cool enough to be installed under the quarterberth.
I had the solid state one installed in my sail locker on my 82 due to the tremendous heat it produced
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Bubba
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Response Posted - 08/24/2005 :  21:44:51  Show Profile
I also have the TrueCharge 10 amp, dual bank charger from Xantrex. I feel confident leaving it on all the time when in the slip. It's a three-stage charger that drops down to a trickle to maintain peak charge. A cheap charger isn't cheap when you include the price of a fried deep-cycle battery.
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