<VV> Battery charger with 50 Amp "Engine Start" enough ?

[Harry Yarnell]

I'd be curious what a 50 amp charger really puts out steady state. I doubt 
it would start a car with a dead battery.
Charging a battery at 50 amps isn't good; batteries like something in the 
range or 4-10 amps steady state----for a long time (12 hours). Just the 
nature of the beasts.
Trickle charging AFTER a full charge is an excellent way to maintain a full 
charge over time.
The '66 Grand Prix won't start after a charged battery sits for six months, 
idle. The '65 Coupe de ville fires happily for the same period with a 
trickle charger the Grand Prix doesn't have.

Harry Yarnell
Perryman Garage and Orphanage
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Monasterio" <dmonasterio at hotmail.com>
To: <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; "Charles Lee" <chaz at properproper.com>; 
"VirtualVairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Battery charger with 50 Amp "Engine Start" enough ?


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> I think a 50 amp. charger could not work fine by itself but, supporting a 
> low charged battery, as a good starter (with clean cable conections) uses 
> up to 180amps. I would try slow charging the battery first (say 1 hour) 
> and then try again with battery + 50 amp charge.
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> Daniel Monasterio
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>> From: hmlinc at sbcglobal.net
>> To: Chaz at ProperProper.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 17:10:02 -0500
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Battery charger with 50 Amp "Engine Start" enough ?
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>> Clean the connections - including the ground at the alternator bracket. 
>> If
>> that does not do it, clean the connections at the starter.
>> Later, JR
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Charles Lee" <Chaz at ProperProper.com>
>> To: "corvair" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 5:05 PM
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Battery charger with 50 Amp "Engine Start" enough ?
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>> > OK, now I may have killed my 67 Monza 110's battery or possibly the
>> > starter,
>> > starting it so many times ?
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>> > I replaced the battery, same slow cranking, so I got a Battery charger
>> > with
>> > 50 Amp "Engine Start" and no internal battery that needs charging 
>> > first.
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>> > Still, same slow cranking.   Maybe 50 Amps is not enough (Sears has an 
>> > 80
>> > Amp model) ?
>> >
>> > Maybe I've worn out the starter ?
>> >
>> > Thank you for your support !
>> > Charlie
>> >
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