Which size charger should I get to charge & maintain a trolling motor battery and a boat ignition battery, 5W, 10W or 15W?
314881
I am using a 10w on my deep cycle battery on my boat. It keeps it fully charged after a few day of sitting in the driveway.
314882
If it is a low amp crank 5 is enough, but sue to the nature of solar I always go bigger. I use a 10 for a single 350 and bilge.
1747896
Couldn't say for sure, I have no 10.5 batteries. The included power supply (transformer) lists 12v. output for what that's worth.
1864109
I have used this battery to power a similar trolling motor on a Native Watercraft Ultimate 16 with 2 adults for 2 consecutive days. I do not know how much power was left so I recharged before the third day. This was not constant use, but it was a significant amount of time running on speed levels 3 and 4 of a 5 speed motor. I have done this several times in both river and bay applications. Hope this helps.
2012343
Instruction sheet says lighter fuse should be 15A, minimum; not sure how this correlates with the 10A spec in the first line item.
1785932
Dave I have a lowarance fish finder and I use this little battery all day without a major drop in its charge!! I use a couple of alligator clips like those used on a circuit tester, they do not get over heated and I do not use any type fuses. You can probably check the manuals on your equipment to see what size fuse, maybe a fuse say 10 amps should be just fine. I have charged and re-charged this little battery many times and still performs perfect. butch
121050
I purchased a Unversal Charger from Amazon.com (Velleman 10W Compact Switching DC Power Adapter, model PSSMV1USA / FLAT PLUG) with 8 different changeable DC Plugs. The largest plug (with the hole in it) is TOO SMALL! Errrrr & Frustrated! BTW, the Black & Decker part # for the OEM Charger is UD-0501C, if that helps! Good Luck!
1127875
You could connect both sets of leads to one battery and get 10 Amps but you might confuse the charger. Each set of leads receives 5 Amps. I recommend talking to the manufacturer to see if that application will work correctly.
86185
I've worked on boats for a good amount of time and I got this one for an install with my solar powered setup I did on a shed of mine to run a power inverter dedicated to power my irrigation system and looking at it and using it I would be Ok with running 10A max for a short time. The back of the package on the ones I revived say 12V 7A.
2109440
Sorry I do not have a 15.6 volt battery to test, so I cannot can not answer your question with experience. I suspect this charger is NOT designed to charge a 15.6 battery.
1565945
With low voltage DC, bigger is alway better! For a bilge pump at 15' I would go with 16 gauge or lower.
1854868
I am so sorry. I do not know. Best cycle to Radio Shack and ask them. OR Google size 15 1.5 battery and see what u can find.
464065
Hi, I believe you'll need to figure out what the amperage is of the power supplies that what you want to run and if anything else is running on the same circuit. I read in the reviews and elsewhere that you should use this accessory with a 15A or less fuse, so I have it on a circuit with 15A in my travel trailer. My laptop 12v power supply uses 3.5A, the Coleman 12v cooler uses 5A, the phone charger uses 1.5A I think. I have run the cooler and a charger at the same time without it melting or blowing a fuse. I did fry the last dual power outlet (different make, felt cheaper) with the same usage (Caveat: I am not an electrician and am just sharing my experience.)
577698
Absolutely not!!! the size may be similar to AA but this thing will only charge to about 1.45 volts. Lithum batteries like the 19650 are dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. If you have ever seen a lithium battery on fire (due to an radio control plane or heli crash or a heli crash) you will not fool around with a cheap charger for them. I don't know where that dude came off giving you bad advice.
560719
I actually use this for my boat, any 12V battery will work, if you want to have something around that will last a long time, pick up a ATV battery at Walmart. It will probably run for days
1421452
It works fine for any size battery. A slower charge is better for the battery as it creates less heat. If you are not in a rush this will work fine. For your battery, it will take it from a state of charge of 50% t0 90% in under 5 hours and will have it topped off by 7 hours or so. I like this charger so well, I'm buying two more. One to put a winter maintenance charge on all my equipment batteries, and one as a permanent install on a car. I have the 10 Amp version which I'm also very pleased with. I use in to charge my boat battery which is a little small but I'll be swapping it out for two larger batteries. It works fine for any size battery. A slower charge is better for the battery as it creates less heat. If you are not in a rush this will work fine. For your battery, it will take it from a state of charge of 50% t0 90% in under 5 hours and will have it topped off by 7 hours or so. I like this charger so well, I'm buying two more. One to put a winter maintenance charge on all my equipment batteries, and one as a permanent install on a car. I have the 10 Amp version which I'm also very pleased with. I use in to charge my boat battery which is a little small but I'll be swapping it out for... » Read More It works fine for any size battery. A slower charge is better for the battery as it creates less heat. If you are not in a rush this will work fine. For your battery, it will take it from a state of charge of 50% t0 90% in under 5 hours and will have it topped off by 7 hours or so. I like this charger so well, I'm buying two more. One to put a winter maintenance charge on all my equipment batteries, and one as a permanent install on a car. I have the 10 Amp version which I'm also very pleased with. I use in to charge my boat battery which is a little small but I'll be swapping it out for two larger batteries. « Show Less
1983478
I use a trickle or maintainer battery charger and some regular chargers they have a mode for motorcycle batteries or low amp charging.
1668483
No. This wire is sized to handle the load from the charger. I haven't checked but I doubt it is of a large enough gauge to handle the full load from your trolling motor. I do not think it would be safe / electrically responsible to do what you want to do. Find a calculator or forum online to determine what gauge wire you need to handle the load you want to pull over the distance you want to pull it and buy the right size cable by the foot. It's no fun when your boat catches on fire. Trust me I have seen it happen.