Either of these units will work great for you.....
-- Edited by SaltyDog on Saturday 9th of March 2013 06:35:35 AM
Santa said
09:51 AM Mar 9, 2013
Cruising Cruze wrote:
Thank you all for that
Looking for an Ctek now
and @ Santa I tough it was better to charge slower than the fastway maybe I'm wrong
John
Morning John, as Salty Dog has commented, it seems these latest chargers control the charge rate constantly, they don't simply run flat out until they destroy the battery.
When my Ctek reaches full charge it drops the rate to a maintainance trickle, and I believe, can be left connected full time if needs be.
But for a more versitle unit, the 10 or 15 will be better.....
Buy right and one cry once ;)
-- Edited by SaltyDog on Saturday 9th of March 2013 01:48:06 PM
-- Edited by SaltyDog on Saturday 9th of March 2013 01:50:08 PM
Cruising Cruze said
01:56 PM Mar 9, 2013
Thank you all for that
Looking for an Ctek now
and @ Santa I tough it was better to charge slower than the fastway maybe I'm wrong
John
Cruising Cruze said
08:55 PM Mar 9, 2013
Thanks Santa & Salty Dog for your help
I've seen an MXS15 for $249 is that ok
John
SaltyDog said
09:36 PM Mar 9, 2013
Salty Dog, seems your second link was to a 24volt charger.
Bahahah, i just checked, it wasn't even the correct link.... Doh :)
The 7 or 10 unit are great, i used one of the older 7000 units this week, its now called a 7.
My friend tells me he bought the 7000 off ebay for $78... personally i can not find them for under $250
Cruising Cruze said
12:43 AM Mar 10, 2013
will order an CTEK-MXS-10
"Ctek's MXS10 is a fully automatic 8-step battery charger that delivers 10A to 12V batteries from 20200Ah and is suitable for maintenance charging up to 300Ah. "
thats plenty my battery is only 100ah
thanks a lot for the support gentleman regards John
Hurls said
04:40 AM Mar 17, 2013
Santa,
Don't want to rain on your parade but, Ctek are "designed/engineered" in Sweden, made in China.
Cheers
Hurls
PS I have two, a 3.6A & 15A
Santa said
06:20 AM Mar 17, 2013
Hurls wrote:
Santa,
Don't want to rain on your parade but, Ctek are "designed/engineered" in Sweden, made in China.
Cheers
Hurls
PS I have two, a 3.6A & 15A
Just went out and checked, your absolutely right, hang about while I put my umbrella up.
Go's to show you should always read the fine print.
vk6tnc said
06:35 AM Mar 17, 2013
Is there anything that's not made in China.
Walmart commissioned the largest container ship ever made. It sails empty from the US back to China !!!
Salty_Dog said
01:51 PM Jul 17, 2016
Be Warned, i just purchased a new CTEK MXS 5.0 and it destroyed a battery in 1 night!
A smaller 10Ah Motorbike battery, but still, it has a setting for the Motorbike size Batteries.
And a good AGM Battery that was working fine yesterday morning and now destroyed and only reads 10.23volts after having the CTEK connected to it for 24 hours.
There are also more stories like this on the net tool
Aus-Kiwi said
09:42 PM Jul 17, 2016
Was it genuin ? So many copies out there on everything ..
I've Got a 80 watt solar portable panel
beside this one what is the best small charger to use when it home
an Ctek or an Projecta Pro-Charge Battery Charger 12V 2-8Amp
thank you allready for your replys
John
Cant comment on the Pro charge, have never used one, though I notice its only rated at 8 amps.
Stay away from projecta, Period.
They are an 8-step charger. So there is a lot of control across multiple stages.
http://www.ctek.com/au/en/chargers/MXS%2010 is a nice unit
http://www.ctek.com/au/en/Product/Category?category=tank
Either of these units will work great for you.....
-- Edited by SaltyDog on Saturday 9th of March 2013 06:35:35 AM
Morning John, as Salty Dog has commented, it seems these latest chargers control the charge rate constantly, they don't simply run flat out until they destroy the battery.
When my Ctek reaches full charge it drops the rate to a maintainance trickle, and I believe, can be left connected full time if needs be.
I bought the MXS15, seemed to be a good mid range unit. http://www.ctek.com/au/en/chargers/MXS%2015
http://www.ctek.com/au/en/chargers/MXS%2010
Salty Dog, seems your second link was to a 24volt charger.
-- Edited by Santa on Saturday 9th of March 2013 10:03:27 AM
Sounds about the mark John, I paid $250 including postage from this Ebay seller
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=321023784549 they were good to deal with and shipped promptly.
-- Edited by Santa on Saturday 9th of March 2013 01:07:41 PM
Cruising Cruize, for the purpose you have mentioned, a 5 would be more than enough and they are only $90 AUD
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/CTEK-MXS-5-0-BATTERY-CHARGER-12-VOLT-12V-5A-5-AMP-REPLACES-XS4003-DEEP-CYCLE-AGM-/300824532033?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D11%26meid%3D6111500046838041147%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D1005%26rk%3D2%26sd%3D321023784549%26#ht_3326wt_1220
Or even the trickle charger for $59
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/CTEK-XS0-8-TRICKLE-BATTERY-CHARGER-12V-CAR-MOTOR-BIKE-ATV-REPLACES-XS800-COMFORT-/400347149377?_trksid=p2047675.m2109&_trkparms=aid%3D555001%26algo%3DPW.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D29%26meid%3D6111568268832992984%26pid%3D100010%26prg%3D1013%26rk%3D10%26sd%3D290821746802%26#ht_3070wt_1220
But for a more versitle unit, the 10 or 15 will be better.....
Buy right and one cry once ;)
-- Edited by SaltyDog on Saturday 9th of March 2013 01:48:06 PM
-- Edited by SaltyDog on Saturday 9th of March 2013 01:50:08 PM
Looking for an Ctek now
and @ Santa I tough it was better to charge slower than the fastway maybe I'm wrong
John
I've seen an MXS15 for $249 is that ok
John
Bahahah, i just checked, it wasn't even the correct link.... Doh :)
The 7 or 10 unit are great, i used one of the older 7000 units this week, its now called a 7.
My friend tells me he bought the 7000 off ebay for $78... personally i can not find them for under $250
"Ctek's MXS10 is a fully automatic 8-step battery charger that delivers 10A to 12V batteries from 20200Ah and is suitable for maintenance charging up to 300Ah. "
thats plenty my battery is only 100ah
thanks a lot for the support gentleman
regards John
Santa,
Don't want to rain on your parade but, Ctek are "designed/engineered" in Sweden, made in China.
Cheers
Hurls
PS I have two, a 3.6A & 15A
Just went out and checked, your absolutely right, hang about while I put my umbrella up.
Go's to show you should always read the fine print.
Walmart commissioned the largest container ship ever made. It sails empty from the US back to China !!!
A smaller 10Ah Motorbike battery, but still, it has a setting for the Motorbike size Batteries.
And a good AGM Battery that was working fine yesterday morning and now destroyed and only reads 10.23volts after having the CTEK connected to it for 24 hours.
There are also more stories like this on the net tool