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Offline laf

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charging 100ah battery
« on: February 27, 2015, 06:44:03 PM »
hi all
have a 100ah renco battery {BCF) . what type of charger (smart) should one use, and if it would charge normal batterys of use it just for the 120 ??
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Re: charging 100ah battery
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2015, 06:45:38 PM »
Quote from: laf on February 27, 2015, 06:44:03 PM
hi all
have a 100ah renco battery {BCF) . what type of charger (smart) should one use, and if it would charge normal batterys of use it just for the 120 ??
laf

c-tek either 5 amp or 10 amp would be my choice.

These do both types, google them
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Re: charging 100ah battery
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2015, 10:04:52 PM »
I think I read on here at some time that an 'ideal' charger is one that is to get one with Amps at least around 10% of the Amp Hour capacity.   

I have an 8 Amp Projector smart charger and it does ok with our 100amp battery.   I bought it on price though - around $100 - and used an Ebay buy it now with free postage printout and had the local SCA store price match it so I could pick up that day.   Price seems to increase exponentially with the higher Amp chargers.   The larger the Amps on the charger the faster it will charge.
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Re: charging 100ah battery
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2015, 06:23:17 AM »
If you're going to buy a charger, then get a decent sized one.

15A min, but 25A would be better IMO.

The smaller units may suit your current needs, but you'll eventually outgrow them. 
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