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Re: Recommendations for 6-amp battery chargers

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Originally Posted by kiettyyyy
Hey,

We have been having some issues with dead batteries that were being deep discharged.

What are your recommendations for a battery charger that can give us an accurate green led when the battery is fully charged and also have the ability to repair potentially bad batteries?

Thanks
Some practices here and here should work simmilarly for robot battery.

If you want a good battery charger that will take a possibly dying battery and revive it some look here and here. You shouldnt have too hard of a time getting a desulfator charger from an automotive store near by you. The batteries will take longer to charge initially but if they're not totally dead they will regain much of their usefulness. Most of the newer computerized chargers, like the ones in the kit and simmilar by other companies will give a proper voltage, but they cant tell if the batteries' plates are good or not.

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Last edited by Mike AA : 21-04-2006 at 01:27.