[AT] Battery Issues - Charging

[Edward Tabor]

I have noted the same thing with the sooper-dooper  computerized  
"zap-a-matic" Sears charger Danny and I have.  Only way I know around it 
is to charge 2 batteries at once using jumpers to connect the batteries 
with each other to fool the computer.  Also saw this with the trickle 
charger I hook up to my VW TDI when I park it for over a week.  
(Electrical gremlin that nobody can find causes a dead battery, in 3 to 
7 days, occasionally.)

Ed.



Lew Best wrote:

>I haven't used the "new improved" ones.  Old fashioned ones fine with
>me!  Most likely a rectifier went out; if you heard it pop you'll
>probably be able to see the burned part if you take the cover off.
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>Lew Best near Waco, TX
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>Has anyone else had a problem with these new computerized Schumaker
>chargers? I've noticed they won’t charge a really low battery. I had one
>of the fancy red ones- dual voltage plus start feature for just under
>two years. I was charging a trolling motor battery and after a day I
>unplugged and re-started it because I had noticed that sometimes it will
>say a battery is charged yet it will take more charge after restarting.
>Anyway, I plugged it back in and it made a popping sound and now it's
>totally dead.
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>Just wondering if anyone else likes the old, dumb chargers?
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>Warren
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