How much faster will this unit charge a Volt? I am thinking of flipping my Prius.
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I bought a Volt after having a couple of prius's and considering a Prius plug-in. When charging a Volt on 110, you must choose 8 or 12 amps. Default is 8 amps (likely due to people with antiquated outlets in their garages, melting their wires. :P ) This charger works almost exactly the same as the charger that comes with the Volt. 10 hours to charge an empty battery on 12 amps and 14 hours on 8 amps. I have a 220 charger at work and it takes 4 hours to charge a Chevy Volt. There are also Chargepoint stations at local restaurants etc (My local Chillis has one) they charge for free while I have a fajita. :) I bought a Volt after having a couple of prius's and considering a Prius plug-in. When charging a Volt on 110, you must choose 8 or 12 amps. Default is 8 amps (likely due to people with antiquated outlets in their garages, melting their wires. :P ) This charger works almost exactly the same as the charger that comes with the Volt. 10 hours to charge an empty battery on 12 amps and 14 hours on 8 amps. I have a 220 charger at work and it takes 4 hours to charge a Chevy Volt. There are also Chargepoint stations at local restaurants etc (My local Chillis has one) they charge for free while I... » Read More I bought a Volt after having a couple of prius's and considering a Prius plug-in. When charging a Volt on 110, you must choose 8 or 12 amps. Default is 8 amps (likely due to people with antiquated outlets in their garages, melting their wires. :P ) This charger works almost exactly the same as the charger that comes with the Volt. 10 hours to charge an empty battery on 12 amps and 14 hours on 8 amps. I have a 220 charger at work and it takes 4 hours to charge a Chevy Volt. There are also Chargepoint stations at local restaurants etc (My local Chillis has one) they charge for free while I have a fajita. :) « Show Less
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volt charger is 8 amps and this one can charge at 12 amps. save you 1/3 the time
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It takes lots more than 50 amps to start your car. I do not think your car will even turn over, or if it does not very well. This charger is not really intended as a car starting unit, and if you use it that way you just may "smoke" it. If you have the bucks and balls to try it let me know how it turns out.
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Hi Mike, I am not familiar with what Quick Charge is. On my Volt, I was averaging 8 KWH's of charge per hour with the WattStation. I'm not sure if that gets better with the warmer weather. For a complete charge in the winter months, I was getting 28-30 Miles on the battery and now I am getting 53 miles max on the battery. I hope this helps you.
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I have the one for 12 Volt & 24 Volt because of my trolling motor. These are the best Chargers. You will be pleased with either one you get.
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I asked the above question and just want to follow-up. I purchased this charger and it charged and condition these batteries in about 7 hours and so far they are holding the charge. VW wants $600 dollars for them LOL.
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Yo man for me it takes 2hrs to fully charge a 2c 7000mh Lipo pack. Want this car to last? Upgrade ur fRont suspension make it stronger. And buy better shocks bc these will pop out. Oh and the servo will break edventually get a metal gear servo. ThIs buggy with upgrades 520 $ in this car so far for me
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That depends somewhat on the charger. I have a very compact Energizer charger (#CHDC8) that will charge 4 AA's in about two hours. Some quick chargers are faster, but I've been told fast charging is not good for the batteries.
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I would recommend getting a electrical charger. This one is more for something that you don't drive very often like a atv or a lawnmower. This only being 2.4 watts, isn't powerful enough to charge a car battery. It's really just for maintaining. I bet it would take a long time to fully charge a car battery.
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I haven't used it for the Spark, but it's probably overkill just as it is for my Nissan Leaf. I bought it anyway because my Leaf is leased. I reasoned that I may as well wire in something powerful enough for a likely more powerful charger in the next generation EV when my Leaf lease is up. I tend to lean toward overkill when it comes to technology, but I don't usually advise others to do the same. It's often cheaper to get what you need now and buy the upgrade later when you can really use it. Plus, a lower power charge station will still do just fine charging an EV with a higher capacity charger. Just not quite as fast. Happy charging whatever you decide!
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Absolutely. It's a bit overkill (since the Volt only has a 3kw charger), but there's nothing wrong with that. You may be able to get a 15-amp charger for less though.
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yes it will charge the volt in 4.5 hours. when you order it order it with the 240 volt plug you need. yes it is level 2 charger. if you have questions about the plug email them. my experence with the evi is using it nissan leaf
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It doesn't much matter unless your charging your battery very quickly, such as jumping it. Which isn't good for batteries anyway. I purchased the 1.1amp. I have a car that I don't drive very often the battery died and it took about a day or so to fully charge. Though slow its better for the battery. One nice feature about the 1.1 amp model is the cold charge feature. I use this feature in upstate NY because cold batteries should be charged even slower. Either way the .75 and the 1.1 amp models are both trickle chargers. So they will slowly charge your battery and turn on and off as needed. I'd say you can't go wrong with either but for 10 dollars more the 1.1 amp and it's winter charge feature is quite nice. It doesn't much matter unless your charging your battery very quickly, such as jumping it. Which isn't good for batteries anyway. I purchased the 1.1amp. I have a car that I don't drive very often the battery died and it took about a day or so to fully charge. Though slow its better for the battery. One nice feature about the 1.1 amp model is the cold charge feature. I use this feature in upstate NY because cold batteries should be charged even slower. Either way the .75 and the 1.1 amp models are both trickle chargers. So they will slowly charge your battery and turn on and off... » Read More It doesn't much matter unless your charging your battery very quickly, such as jumping it. Which isn't good for batteries anyway. I purchased the 1.1amp. I have a car that I don't drive very often the battery died and it took about a day or so to fully charge. Though slow its better for the battery. One nice feature about the 1.1 amp model is the cold charge feature. I use this feature in upstate NY because cold batteries should be charged even slower. Either way the .75 and the 1.1 amp models are both trickle chargers. So they will slowly charge your battery and turn on and off as needed. I'd say you can't go wrong with either but for 10 dollars more the 1.1 amp and it's winter charge feature is quite nice. « Show Less
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It works fine for any size battery. A slower charge is better for the battery as it creates less heat. If you are not in a rush this will work fine. For your battery, it will take it from a state of charge of 50% t0 90% in under 5 hours and will have it topped off by 7 hours or so. I like this charger so well, I'm buying two more. One to put a winter maintenance charge on all my equipment batteries, and one as a permanent install on a car. I have the 10 Amp version which I'm also very pleased with. I use in to charge my boat battery which is a little small but I'll be swapping it out for two larger batteries. It works fine for any size battery. A slower charge is better for the battery as it creates less heat. If you are not in a rush this will work fine. For your battery, it will take it from a state of charge of 50% t0 90% in under 5 hours and will have it topped off by 7 hours or so. I like this charger so well, I'm buying two more. One to put a winter maintenance charge on all my equipment batteries, and one as a permanent install on a car. I have the 10 Amp version which I'm also very pleased with. I use in to charge my boat battery which is a little small but I'll be swapping it out for... » Read More It works fine for any size battery. A slower charge is better for the battery as it creates less heat. If you are not in a rush this will work fine. For your battery, it will take it from a state of charge of 50% t0 90% in under 5 hours and will have it topped off by 7 hours or so. I like this charger so well, I'm buying two more. One to put a winter maintenance charge on all my equipment batteries, and one as a permanent install on a car. I have the 10 Amp version which I'm also very pleased with. I use in to charge my boat battery which is a little small but I'll be swapping it out for two larger batteries. « Show Less
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A long time- This is a nice little unit but needs to turn nearly 1,500 rpm to make enough juice to really get to work on a 12 volt battery. It depends on the size of the battery and how discharged it is. If you had an average car battery mostly discharged and were running this on a bicycle set up it would take hours- I'd guess at least 4 to make any headway. I hope you have good legs. Mine makes 5.5 volts at 700 rpm.
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Without being an expert of voltage Victor, I would think the output that is greatest would charge faster. I gotta think that is the cigarette lighter. That being said, my iPhone 5s has been totally drained, and I plugged it into the USB port and I was at 5% in probably 10 minutes. I think in this case the adage "Google is your pal" might be a good way to go. Good luck!
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I am looking at the unit CA-2421 and it says It DC 5V 2.1A. I also can it charges really fast.
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it depends on the battery you are charging. The max amps the changer puts out is 5.0 amps per side.