Why is this listed as a 3 stage battery charger?? Thats not what it is, is it ?
60009
This is not a battery charger. It is a surge protector. It is placed in between the power box and the electrical cord that connects to the RV. It operates as a protection to the RV such that, when the power source varies beyond the pre-set limits, it stops the transmission of electricity to the RV(or whatever is connected to it). When the power source is stabilized the surge protector will allow the re-transmission of electricity after a countdown of 1 minute. It is incredibly useful for protection to the electrical circuity of the RV, especially when the source of power is unstable.
60010
Do not know BUT don't waste your money on it. Mine lasted less than a year.
60011
If I understand it correctly, it"s kind of like a "Miracle Charge" you would put on your motorcycle or antique car, but this one, "a microprocessor-controller that constantly monitors the RV battery status and automatically selects one of four charging modes: Boost Mode - (14.4) to quickly bring the battery to 90 percent of full charge, Normal Mode - (13.6) safely completes the charge, Storage Mode - (13.2), automatically activates after 30 hours of non-use or Desulfation Mode - (14.4), for 15 minutes every 21 hours to prevent battery stratification and sulfation (the leading cause of battery failure)." I think it monitors the batteries, locates the lo battery and re-routes power from another battery. It's not really a battery chargers, but more of a routing station. My RV has 5 batteries and sometime certain batteries use more power than others and this helps keep them all charged ith in the same range. That is what the hi-lighted section refers to. Mine has worked very well. Dont buy the cae they try to sell with it. Its plastic and will disappear with a good kick. I used a chain of a cable with a lock. I hope this helps, but I could be totalyy wrong.
2198903
Is this just an expensive charger (snake oil) or will any battery charger charge AGM batteries? I already have 2 chargers, small 10 amp max and a full blown starter/charger.
986292
Depends on battery state of charge. 3 levels of charging.3 different amp draws
1393080
I think a more accurate description would be an AC battery charger. Battery life is very good.
242079
No - this is for the charger only. Each battery runs about the same price. I purchased the charger as my second one - charge two batteries at once now, as it goes pretty slowly.
739702
I get 2 and not quite a 3rd full charge. I feel like the size of this battery is overstated. I previously had a battery charger that claimed to have 11000mHa. and easily got four full charges out if it. I'm not happy with this current battery charger at all.
892338
this charger is for lipo and life batteries. you NEVER charge either type of those using a tamiya or bananna plug it'll fry the battery this charger ises "multi-prong plugs"
996603
No, it is not... I bought it thinking I would be able to use it for another one I have for which I lost the charger, however I was surprised when I found that now I have to figure out a different method to charge the other one. A bit disappointed about that.
1763903
It could be... I am using this charger for couple of months, charging 3 types of batteries, so far no problems...
1083192
By that I guess you mean ones that this charger was not designed to work with right? Well, that is a little tricky based on what you are trying to charge. If it is a commercial battery for a drill, you can get something similar to this if you just type the drill's name or model. You don't have to worry about typing the specific battery model number or the specific charger model number and you will see a few results for just the charger mixed in with the results. I typed craftsman 19v and found this one. If you are trying to charge something else or another tool or battery by another manufacturer and you don't know exactly what you are doing, you are asking for trouble but I will give you a few tips. 1) Lithium ion batteries are ticking time bombs. They will explode if over charged with too much voltage or current. 2) LiPo will explode if wrong polarity is used. 3) Most of them have protections from the things that make them explode and some even have them per cell. Some of them though rely on the charger to be smart enough not to over charge and have odd terminals so you can't charge it in any other charger. 4) They all operate in series and some, like this one, even charge in series. Thus with a multimeter, find the polarity of the battery you want to charge and the approximate voltage (I.e. if you have a 24 volt battery and it has 4 terminals and per two terminals you find that they are 10 volts each when low on charge then one can assume that you have 2 sets of 12 volt batteries in a series) then just get some alligator clips and clip them to another power source or power adapter of the same voltage and then sawpt them between the series. One time I really needed a device and I forgot the charger and I did this by connecting the alligator clips to my car for 30 mins then I swapped them to the other terminals for 30 mins too and it got me out of trouble. Just be really careful not to overcharge. Hope this helps.
2259694
these things are a litte quirky, sometimes I hit the buttons to change from 3 amp to 12 amp and it resets it when it's stuck. Also- if you have time- let it's do it's magic- I think it's conditioning the batteries by taking forever sometimes- end result- it can make old batteries take full charge and extend their life, sometimes mine will take 12 hours to get full charge. If you have the time- I suggest letting it's do it's thing. I call it the jedi mind master charger- who knows how it works- but it works
1483370
No. For starters a "normal" battery charger (if you are talking about what you'd plug AA's into) is designed for batteries that get to around 1.5 V or so, way less than what this one is rated for. And of course it won't connect without a bunch of custom splicing and screwing around. And they are a totally different kind of battery as well. If you're going to own something that requires this kind of battery, you need to also own the proper way to charge it.
2282992
I cannot understand why people think this is a battery charger---it is a low voltage trickle charger, to be installed on your battery to keep the battery up to charge.It works over days--not hours!!
1305974
No it is just a battery. Charger is sold separately and does not com with it.
1190792
This is NOT a DV-6 battery. See my previous review of this poorly advertised POS.
82101
It is a smart charger in that it uses a "proprietary Multi-phase charging process". According to the packaging, it's a 7 phase charging process where some phases are constant current and some are constant voltage. In one of the phases (phase 6) it does out a load on the battery and then recharges it. It also has a soft start mode to recover deeply discharged batteries and a battery recondition mode, which I assume is to restore sulphate batteries. I'm not familiar with the 12/16 amp chargers so I can only assume that the difference is the maximum charging current. The PL2320 is a very nice charger. I mainly use it as a maintenance charger on one of my lesser used cars and it works great. It is a smart charger in that it uses a "proprietary Multi-phase charging process". According to the packaging, it's a 7 phase charging process where some phases are constant current and some are constant voltage. In one of the phases (phase 6) it does out a load on the battery and then recharges it. It also has a soft start mode to recover deeply discharged batteries and a battery recondition mode, which I assume is to restore sulphate batteries. I'm not familiar with the 12/16 amp chargers so I can only assume that the difference is the maximum charging current. The PL2320 is a... » Read More It is a smart charger in that it uses a "proprietary Multi-phase charging process". According to the packaging, it's a 7 phase charging process where some phases are constant current and some are constant voltage. In one of the phases (phase 6) it does out a load on the battery and then recharges it. It also has a soft start mode to recover deeply discharged batteries and a battery recondition mode, which I assume is to restore sulphate batteries. I'm not familiar with the 12/16 amp chargers so I can only assume that the difference is the maximum charging current. The PL2320 is a very nice charger. I mainly use it as a maintenance charger on one of my lesser used cars and it works great. « Show Less
1731794
No, this is not a charger, it reduces the voltage from a 48 volt battery pack to 12 volts so that 12 volt accessories use all the batteries equally.