[AT] Battery Charger recommendations

[Steve W.]

Dean VP wrote:
> Back to the original subject.  I happened to stop in O'Reilley's Auto Parts
> Yesterday and they had the Schumacher SE 4020 200 Amp Battery charger engine
> starter unit on sale at $119.00 . That is $60 lower cost than other prices
> I've seen elsewhere for that unit. Even at that price I'm still leaning
> toward the Sears Die Hard Gold  which is $179 because I just have heard too
> much negative stuff about Schumacher chargers.  I have been able to find out
> that the Sears Manual stated to not run the starter over 5 seconds when on
> the 250 Amp setting, The wait 2 or 3 minutes before hitting the starter
> again.  I haven't found out what the duty cycle is on the others yet. One
> distinct advantage that the Sears DieHard Gold has is it has an automatic
> thermal overload shutoff if you try to use the 250 Amps too long.    Then it
> resets automatically when it returns to acceptable temperature. I suspect
> that is one of the reasons they have a 3 year warranty and others are 2
> years.  Napa is selling some kind of private label charger that looks a bit
> like an older Schumacher and doesn't have very good specs and is priced way
> up there in the mid $300's. I haven't figured out what merit's that price
> yet. However, in the past I have found Napa's pricing to be higher than
> others. I suspect that is so they can discount to repair shops. 
> 
> I got totally diverted for awhile by a failure of our full house water
> filtering system.  Changed filters and the thing started leaking like
> sieve.  Found the O-Ring Seal was missing and nowhere to be found.   Have no
> idea where it went.  Then made a trip to Loews, Sears, the brand of water
> filter, Home Depot, Aqua Source and finally the only good hardware store
> (McLendon's) we have left in a 50 mile radius, had exactly what I needed.
> 120 miles of chasing later I now have a non-leaking water filtering system
> in the house.  I hate it when the original seller of the system, Sears,
> didn't even have repair parts for it.  In fact the in-store Sears people
> didn't even know what it was, believe it or not. However, the filter was
> probably older than they were.  It was brand new in 1991.  It's only 25
> years old. :-)  I would have replaced it if I could have found one that fit
> in the same piping setup.  I wasn't about to take on plumbing the whole
> thing over. But we now have water back in the house and the boss is happy
> again.  Didn't realize how annoying the lack of running water is.  We are
> spoiled.
> 
> Dean VP
> Snohomish, WA 98290
> 
> It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6. 
> 

You do know that the DieHard chargers are made by Schumacher. Have been 
since the late 90's.


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Steve W.