Chargers

  

 
Item # 86357
Price $74.99
 
 
 
 
 
The Schumacher 15 Amp Battery Charger is a microprocessor-controlled
battery charger that monitors battery condition and adjusts the charge rate
to prevent battery damage and over charging of batteries. This designed for
12-volt AGM, gel cell and deep-cycle batteries.
 
Schumacher 15/10/2-Amp Battery Charger:
  • Features: 15 amp fast charge, 10 amp medium charge and 2 amp slow charge
  • Fully automatic
  • Charging status LEDs
  • Microprocessor-Controlled
  • Thermal runaway protection
  • Safety start
  • Auto voltage detection
We recommend this model for Deep Cyle volt 75 amp hour & AGM 12 volt 35 amp hour batteries.
 
 
  
Item # 85412
Price $64.99
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Schumacher 10 Amp Battery Charger is a microprocessor-controlled
battery charger that monitors battery condition and adjusts the charge rate
to prevent battery damage and over charging of batteries. This designed for
12-volt AGM, gel cell and deep-cycle batteries.
 
Schumacher 10/6/2-Amp Battery Charger:
  • Features: 10 amp fast charge, 6 amp medium charge and 2 amp slow charge
  • Fully automatic
  • Charging status LEDs
  • Microprocessor-Controlled
  • Thermal runaway protection
  • Safety start
  • Auto voltage detection
 
We recommend this model for Deep Cyle volt 75 amp hour & AGM 12 volt 35 amp hour batteries.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
Item # 87424
Price $54.99
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
This Schumacher 6 Amp Battery Charger is designed for trolling motors,
cars, small truck, motorcycles and lawn tractors. It's a fully automatic
microprocessor-controlled battery charger with six-amps of fast charge. 
This designed for 12-volt AGM batteries.
 
Schumacher  6/4/2-Amp Battery Charger:
  • 6 amp fast charge automatically adjusts charging rate
  • 4 amp medium charge rate is ideal for everyday charging
  • 2 amp slow charge for charging small batteries and maintaining large-ones
  • Fully automatic
  • Microprocessor controlled
  • Thermal runaway protection
  • Safety start
  • Auto voltage detection
We recommend this model for AGM batteries, such as, 12 volt 35 amp hour
including larger amp hour batteries

 

 
 

Charger Application

 

There are many brands of battery chargers on the market: inexpensive and expensive. 
We noticed after completing a charge, they often displayed a numerical number, a green
light, or an arrow needle pointing to a full charge. 

 

Fact, a battery will start up a car, boat, plane, tractor etc, with a 75% charge, which is ample
to start any of the above and will display or register 12 volts.  However, for kayak use, one
needs to know precisely how much "juice" is in the battery, since every amp counts.

 

Test Comparison

 

A 12 volt/75ah deep cycle battery was charged with a basic battery charge, after three hours
the basic battery charger indicated a full charge. 

 

When retested with the Schumacher charger, the read-out was at 80% charged.  The battery
required an additional 2½ hours of charging to reach a true 100% full charge. 

 

To a kayaker, this means if they were fishing, they would only have about 3 hours of battery
time, instead of the 5 to 6 hours with a true 100% charged battery.

 

 Conclusion

 

The battery chargers recommend above delivered the best performance for the money.