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Unread 09-18-2009, 12:05 PM
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Anyone have a great battery charger they would suggest? Can't spend a ton, but need a good one!
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I have a very good luck with Guest chargers.
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Unread 09-18-2009, 12:24 PM
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I have a Shure charger I like a lot. It has a 75 amp boost setting if you need to get a vehicle started quickly without waiting for a trickle charger to get the power up.
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Unread 09-18-2009, 12:30 PM
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IMO, stay away from the "Victor" brand. I had one of those smart/automatic charger and it burned out after a few days of use. I exchanged it and the second one burned out but I did get some use out of it.
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If you're talking about the permanently installed onboard type chargers, I've had excellent performance from the two guest chargers in my boat...one is a 2620 10 amp per leg that keeps the two trolling motor batteries hot...and the 2611 5 amp per leg that charge the cranking and auxilary bateries...just plug 'em in and FORGET 'em til time to use boat...goin' on 10 years and FLAWLESS...
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Every now and again, Bass Pro Shops will have these on sale. I bought the 5/5/5 a while back and used it a few times with good results so far. If you read the reviews, there are a lot of 5 star reviews and, as with anything, a few people who either got bad units or didn't use it properly and gave poor ratings...

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/st...esults#reviews
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Unread 09-18-2009, 03:06 PM
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Thanks guys! Great responses.. Now to go window shopping and see what I can steal I mean buy cheap... :)
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I have a MINN-KOT 10 amp fully automatic that I bought at ADVANCE auto for about $60 a few years back. Turn it on and forget about it, or you can set it to manual for when you need to desulfate maintence type batteries.
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Sweet.. is it an onboard or a portable? Was kinda lookin for a portable, but after the responses for onboard i'm torn now...
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If you like the portable type, this is last one I've had for a long while.
2/10 amp fully automatic.

Look through their site, this one is about as close as I can find to the older one I have. There are several others lower priced that might do what you want.
http://www.napaonline.com/MasterPage...attery+Charger
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