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Re: Mother of all battery chargers

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Originally Posted by richardp
How long does it take to charge a battery?
It charges batteries more quickly than the kit chargers, due to the
proper three stage operation. At 6 amps, a completly dead 18 amp
hour battery should be ready to go in three hours. We don't discharge
our batteries too deeply, to improve their longevity, so we never require
this long a charge time. The charger indicates below 80%, above 80%
and "fully charged" with lights. The point is that it charges 5 batteries at
the same time, in varying charge states, delivering a proper 6 amp
charge to each battery concurrently. When you need to swap a battery
out of the robot you just reach for the one on the charger that has a
green light, and there are always several in that state...