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Re: Be aware of battery and charger inconsistencies!

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Originally Posted by sanelss View Post
actually it makes no claim as to what types of batteries it can and can't/shouldn't charge. The only indicator is: "automatically selects charge rate from 0 to 15 AMPS to maximize battery life, charge speed and maintenance"
What "automatically selects charge rate" most likely means is that it does what most other "automatic" chargers do: cycles through a factory-set charging algorithm which changes the current and voltage supplied to the battery.
http://batterytender.com/resources/battery-basics.htm/
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