Be aware of battery and charger inconsistencies!

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Originally Posted by luckof13

The charger you linked to is meant for car batteries, not FRC batteries. The charger does not know that the battery connected to it is not what it is designed for.
The safety rules are rules, and you will be told to follow them.

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"

From some online documentation it shows that batteries can be charged faster than manufacturer's recommended rate but it shortens their lifespan, which is fine.

Also from numerous places people are charging all kinds of batteries with these, including FRC batteries. It's a general purpose 12V lead acid battery charger, we are using fairly generic 12V lead acid batteries.

Even so we can easily adhere to the rules by bulk charging on old 6A then cycling to these for the top off