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Originally Posted by Bruceb
the battery tender is a max 2amp charger. Is that enough to ket them fuly charged at a competition? We have been running 6 of the KOP chargers at 6 amps and that is not always enough.
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Running ten batteries we have never had battery number 1 not been charged as we get to number 7 or 8. Usually its earlier than that depending on schedule and practice field use.
We used to use the kop chargers and found that they would say 75% full when a battery was just cooking itself because it was done. Or they would report 100% when they were nowhere near done charging. Battery-Tender is pretty well known for maintaining batteries, and this charger hasn't dissapointed. We leave ours plugged in year round with occasional breaks for holidays when th e school wants all electric items off. We have batteries from 2012 that still rank near new using battery testers. We retire them to practice just because we get new ones in the kop or in FIRST Choice.