<VV> Battery charging question

UltraMonzaWest@aol.com UltraMonzaWest@aol.com
Mon, 24 May 2004 22:28:39 EDT


retting@starpower.net writes:
I am charging a battery for a 1965 110 hp Monza.  The charger has 2 settings
for 12 volt battreries -- 2 amp and 10 amp.  Anybody know which one I should
use?  Thanks.
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All chargers built in the last 20 yrs. / sold to the "public"  are "AUTOMATIC 
TAPER CHARGE"

Put it on 10  for 36-60 hrs.

2 amp is for "battery maintenance" [ trickle charge].

NOTE:  your battery is probably 60 amp/hour........nothing is 
100%efficient.....so, even at a constant 10  it would take 7 hrs...minimum...and yours will 
taper off in less than an hour or 2.

Matt