[AT] Battery Charger recommendations

[Spencer Yost]

I'll jump in here with an antique tractor reference.   I have a cheapie shoe box sized harbor freight Chicago electric charger with automatic mode and six volt setting.  Got it for antique tractors.  Cost me like 35$ if that much . It also has a 55 AMP start setting. The 55 AMP start setting won't start a big diesel but it will start an easy turning gas tractor engine if you let it charge the battery for a little while first.  If you don't do that the dead battery is too much of a load for a mere 55amps.

I have used and abused that thing for 15 years.    My wife completely drained her car battery just a week or so ago and I used it then.  Still works great.

I also bought my son a nice shoe box sized schmaucher (sp?) that had a desulfate mode.   That mode saved at least one battery so it paid for itself.  I will say that it did not save two others I assumed only had sulfate shorts so maybe not as effective as one hopes.   But again - if desulfate mode saves one battery getting that feature will pay for the charger.

Spencer Yost