Solar Power Panel 12 Volt 4.5 Watt Car Boat RV Charger Review

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(More customer reviews)I BOUGHT TWO.THEY KEEP MY BOAT BATTERIES AT FULL POWER AT ALL TIMES.THAT IS ALL I ASKED FOR.I HAVE GIVEN SEVERAL AWAY AS GIFTS.

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Product Description:
This panel is for heavier duty battery charging, not merely trickle charging or battery maintaining as the smaller 1-2 watt types of panels are made for. This panel measures approx 8x10x3/4 in.

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12 volt Automatic Battery Trickle Charger 1.1 Amps with Status Indicators 12v Review

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(More customer reviews)Works as described.Hope to keep our Corvette battery charged in between restoration work.

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Product Description:
- Electronic Circuitry will allow full charging but will not overcharge - Automatically charger will supply needed current until peak charge is detected - LED lights indicate when battery is charging,fully charged, or incorrectly hooked-up- 1.1 amps maximum charging current in trickle mode - Easy Grip Handle and high visibility case- 6 ft. charging cables with insulated and plated clips- Charger has provisions for cord wrap-up for untangled storage- Fan-cooled transformer -5' long 18 gauge 115VAC power cord- Input voltage: 115 VAC, Output voltage: 13.45 VDC UL Listed (Conforms to UL Standard 1236) ETL Listed (Intertek 3091589) Overall dimensions: 3-1/2" W x 6-5/8" L x 7" H Weight: 2.45 lbs

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Coleman CL-100 72000 1.5-Watt 15-Volt Solar Panel Battery Trickle Charger Review

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(More customer reviews)I almost didn't buy this because of the 1-star reviews -- but then I noticed those reviewers were just ignorant. (Uninformed Amazon reviewers?!, gosh what a shock...). I used a fuse tap to install an always-on 12V cigarette lighter adapter in my SUV for this panel. The low voltage trickle is enough to keep my battery topped off indefinitely, even after 2 and 3 weeks of just sitting in the driveway (whereas my battery would sometimes be almost dead after sitting for a week). Almost bought the 5-watt unit for twice as much, but this is half the size and turned out to work just fine.

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Product Description:
Designed to protect against natural battery discharge and electronic drain in cars, light trucks, vans, ATVs, PWCs, small boats, snowmobiles, riding mowers, tractors and SUVs, the Coleman solar 1.5-watt 12-volt battery charger sends a constant maintenance level charge to the battery to insure against dead batteries. The solar charger provides an immediate charge when exposed to daylight, even on cloudy day. The charger is plug-in-play compatible for quick connections, and a cigarette lighter adaptor and a battery clamp are also included with the panel. The charger is backed by a 2-year warranty.
What's in the Box
Solar panel, cigarette lighter adapter, battery clamp connector, instruction manual, and a set of mounting suction cups.

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SOLAR 1002 1.5 Amp 12 Volt Automatic On-board Battery Charger Review

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(More customer reviews)For those of us not up-to-date on popular battery charger brands, this item description is very misleading.This is a regular old 12v battery charger that must be plugged into a 110 VAC outlet.It is not a solar powered battery trickle charger/maintainer.

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With on-board charging and automatic operation, this SOLAR battery charger combines supreme convenience and reliable charging power in a lightweight, compact design. Perfect for keeping seasonal use batteries in top condition.

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Black & Decker VEC1087CBD Smart Battery 10/6/2 Amp Battery Charger Review

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(More customer reviews)I just got this charger - *beware* Amazon has falsely indicated that this unit supports battery reconditioning - It doesn't - that is why I got it! I can't tell if the other units have it or not as I don't believe amazon's site and B&D's doesn't say so - however the review on the VEC 1093 says it reconditions. AMAZON please update the desciptions and picts on these products to be more clear!

That said - the unit is well enough designed although I wish it didn't have a noisey fan running all the time and the control panel feels cheap - but it works. The readout of battery voltage is a nice touch. I would recommend this IF the VEC 1095 doesn't support reconditioning - otherwise I would spend the extra $ and get that one.

I still may return this if I can find out what the VEC 1095 has

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When your car battery goes dead, a jump-start is only a quick fix for the problem that may reoccur. The solution is to recharge the battery, using a product like the Black & Decker Smart Battery Charger.
Fully Automatic Charging
The Smart Battery Charger is fully automatic and electronic, with a Digital Smart microprocessor control and an LED indicator for selecting your charging rate. The three stage automatic rapid charging operates at 10 amps, 6 amps, and 2 amps, with an average 5 minute engine start time and 4.5 hour full battery charge.

The Smart Battery Charger features 3-stage technology. View larger.
This device also features a reverse hook-up warning alarm.

The LED display lets you know when the battery is fully charged. Works with Any Vehicle
The Smart Battery Charger is ideal for any 12-volt lead-acid battery types, including those that power cars, boats, lawn mowers, RVs, ATVs, and more.
State-of-the-Art Technology
It uses a 3-stage automatic high-frequency charging technology to build the battery back up to its normal output level, making it more efficient at charging than conventional model chargers.
Built-in Safety Precautions
The Smart Battery Charger also has a spark-resistant reverse hook-up and overcharge protection circuit built into it to insure that the clamps are not accidentally affixed to the opposite terminals, which would damage the battery. The automatic float mode monitoring tells the unit when the battery is ready to avoid overcharging.
Warranty
Black & Decker offers a full 2-year warranty.

What's in the box
The Black & Decker Smart Battery Charger unit and heavy-duty cables and clamps.

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Duracell D2A 2 AMP 12V Battery Maintainer / Charger Review

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(More customer reviews)I wanted a charger to keep my car battery charged (but not overcharged!) while I am absent on multi-week trips.So far the Duracell 2 Amp charger seems to be working well.

It is a three-stage charger.The specification says that depending on the current state of the battery, it will do a fast charge to around 80%, then a slower charge to almost full, then finally move to a lower voltage "floating" charge to keep the battery near 100% without overcharging.

I used a multimeter to watch the charging process.My battery was mostly full to start with, so the charger started charging at 14.1 volts (the slow charge mode) and then after a few hours moved to 12.7 volts (for the floating charge).These both seem appropriate voltages.In particular, the floating voltage of 12.7 volts should be safe for long-term battery maintenance.

After about two days on floating charge, my charger's red charging light finally went off.Over the next couple of weeks, when I checked the charger, the red charging light was mostly off but I occasionally noticed it on.It looks like the charger is moving between off and floating charge as needed for sustained maintenance.

I'll have to see how the charger holds up under long-term use, but so far everything looks good.

Update November 2009: I've been using this for over a year now and I continue to be very happy with it.It's pleasant to come back from a four week absence to a fully charged car battery, with zero hassles!

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The Duracell 2 AMP Battery Maintainer is ideal for keeping inactive batteries (such as those in an extra vehicle, boat or RV) charged up and ready for instant response by providing safe, steady maintenance charging between uses. It's built to withstand thousands of charging cycles and can stay safely connected for long periods of time without overcharging your battery. It is portable, lightweight, easy-to-use, and includes an accessory package to suit most types of battery connections. The Maintainer connects quickly to your battery via easy-to-use clip plugs, DC lighter plug or ring terminals to provide a complete charge of all internal cells.

Rapid charge technology for faster, more accurate charging.
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Battery Tender 022-0165-DL-WH 12-Volt 2-Bank Battery Management System Review

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(More customer reviews)The only regret I have is that I didn't buyone of these sooner. It works perfectly!Keeps my boat batteries at 100% and worry free.It is a step up from the one bank model as it is fully electronic and lighter in weight with a high quality plastic case. The original steel case.

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The Deltran Battery Tender 12-volt/1.25-amp 2-Bank Battery Management System is the simple solution to the challenge of keeping multiple vehicle batteries optimally powered when not in use. It is able to charge any two 12-volt lead-acid batteries, including standard and sealed AGM and Gel Cell battery types and is also designed to utilize a 3-step charging program and safely function in a fully automatic mode. Taken together this makes the Battery Tender 12-volt/1.25-amp 2-Bank Battery Management System an excellent means of ensuring that your batteries are fully charged and ready to go when you are.

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CTEK Multi US 3300 12V Smart Battery Charger Review

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(More customer reviews)I own two of these excellent chargers - they are very simple to operate and very durable.

The chargers are weatherproof, and you can permanently mount them in the engine compartment with the provided ring terminals, or just use the alligator clips.

The charger has a battery status indicator (low / full), and settings for Motorcycle, Car, or Gel battery. The charger cycles from trickle current, to pulses, and shuts off when the battery is full. There is no better charger for winter storage battery tending, bringing nearly dead batteries back to life, or just recharging boat batteries slowly overnight.

Finally, I should mention that the current version of the 3300 has some improvements over the already excellent older version (I now have one of each). The latest version includes:
- Heavier gauge wiring
- Much heavier and more durable alligator clips
- A nice zip-up storage case

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CTEK Power's Multi US 3300 is a primary switch mode battery charger, with pulse maintenance and is a part of a series of professional battery chargers from CTEK Sweden AB. These chargers represent the latest technology within battery charging. A recent addition to the CTEK family of "the smartest battery chargers in the world," the Multi US 3300 contains three charging modes, and automatically and easily charges all 12V lead-acid batteries, making it perfect for motorcycles, cars, lawn mowers, jet skis and any other vehicle with batteries up to 120Ah.

Four-step Automatic Battery Charging Cycle
There is no need for any specific knowledge of batteries or their charging methods; the Multi US 3300 will take care of it. The Multi US 3300 utilizes a four-step automatic charging cycle. First, patented desulphation functionality allows for possible reconditioning of batteries that have lost significant power due nonuse. This is followed by Bulk Charging, when 80% of charging takes place; then Absorption Charging which completes charging up to virtually 100%; and finally Pulse/Maintenance Charging, in which the battery receives a pulse of electricity when the voltage drops below 95%, keeping the battery in perfect condition indefinitely when it is not used. If the battery is loaded and the battery's terminal voltage drops to 12.9V the charger automatically switches back to the beginning of the four-step cycle. Also, the Multi US 3300 can be connected for months and it is specifically developed for seasonal vehicles.

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Sunforce 50022 5-Watt Solar Battery Trickle Charger Review

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(More customer reviews)I live on a river and built a campsite on an island across from my house (the dog loves it). I bought a deep-cycle marine battery but am getting too old to lug it in and out of the canoe for charging. So I got this little panel and, so far, have not run out of juice. And it's cheap enough so if someone steals it it's no big tragedy. I run a laptop, TV, fluorescent light and charge my cell phone. I even have a 12v car-vac to clean the sand out of the tent.

Of course, I'm not there 95% of the time so 5 watts is probably adequate. And I don't have to worry about overcharging. I screwed it to a big log in pretty open sun. So far, it has survived, even some small hail.

BTW, I use the power cord from an old vacuum cleaner and a 4-way 12v splitter to distribute power from the battery.

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The Sunforce 50022 5-Watt Solar Battery Trickle Charger gives you another reason to love the sun--it can help keep your vehicle's battery charged. It provides up to 5-Watts or 350mA of power to prevent the natural voltage drain of batteries over time. It includes both a lighter socket adapter and alligator clips to give you flexible connection options.


The Sunforce 5-Watt Solar Trickle Charger is compact and easy to install.

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Schumacher SEM-1562A 1.5 Amp Speed Charge Maintainer Review

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(More customer reviews)After having the battery on my "summer only" convertible go
flat last winter I decided to invest in a battery maintainer.
The Schumacher SEM-1652A was the best compromise of price (around
$40 with shipping), features (a normal charging rate, and a
lower maintaining rate, with overcharge protection and indicator
lights), and small size (fits easily under the hood by the
master cylinder, battery wiring adaptor with quick connect makes installation and removal a snap.
I'd add a few extra crimp-on terminals of various ring sizes to the kit,
so different power connections with the wiring adaptor could be made
(my car has the battery mounted in the front fender well, I had to get
larger ring terminals to go on the remote jump starting terminals
under the hood.

Update: I bought a wattmeter to measure the power use of a fridge ( seemed to be running more than
normal, we replaced it with an energy star rated model ) so I hooked up the Schumacher maintainer
to the meter to see what it drew when it was trickle charging / maintaining. Charging was .25 amps or about
30 watts per hour, and maintaining was .11 amps or about 13 watts per hour. Pretty low energy use in my book.

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Schumacher's SEM-1562A low amperage charger is an ideal way to maintain a battery's charge for people who don't use their vehicle everyday, who go short distances, or who do lots of stop-and-go driving. It can also be used to charge small batteries for ATVs, motorcycles, snowmobiles, and lawn tractors, or even for batteries that have a long storage time. In cold climates, they're indispensable for keeping batteries warm overnight and ready for starting.


The SEM-1562A charges both 6-volt and 12-volt batteries. Features
The SEM-1562A maintains both 6-volt and 12-volt batteries, keeping them at full charge using float-mode monitoring. The unit will automatically switch from full-charge to float-mode monitoring when the battery is charged to prevent overcharging. Smart display LEDs indicate whether the unit is in charge, charging, or trouble modes.
Versatile
The SEM-1562A is perfect for charging small batteries, maintaining small and large batteries kept in storage, and batteries for motorcycles, classic cars, TVs, and boats. It's small enough to fit under the hood of your car or truck.
Safe and Effective
The unit has a quick disconnect harness for easy removal. Use the 50 amp clamps to connect to the battery or permanently attach the ring connectors--great for hard to reach motorcycle batteries. It also has a reverse hookup protection in case the clamps are accidentally connected to the wrong terminals.
Warranty
Every Schumacher power source comes with a one-year limited warranty (90 days on battery).

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Schumacher SE-1 Trickle Manual Battery Charger - 1 Amp Review

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(More customer reviews)It may or may not have worked.However, it requires you to monitor the battery being charged, and remove it before over charging!For a few bucks more (sometimes less), you can get a trickle charger that can be left attached to the battery indefinitely (all winter) without causing damage.Just hook it up and forget it!Don't waste money on a manual trickle charger.

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This manual onboard battery charger is an economical 1-amp charger which plugs onto an electrical wall outlet. It has a 12-ft power cord, charges 12-volt batteries, and keeps larger batteries warm even under cold temperatures. This plug-in trickle charger has reverse polarity protection and can install next to the battery on automobiles, boats, tractors, golf carts, and other equipment. Appropriate hardware and mounting brackets are included with this battery charger.

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Battery Tender 022-0150-DL-WH Waterproof 800 12V Battery Charger Review

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(More customer reviews)Deltran Battery Tender 12-Volt 800 milliamp Waterproof Battery Charger

The Battery Tender Waterproof Tender operates in essentially 3 stages. It first initiates an absorption charge that attempts to charge your battery to 14.5 VDC at up to 0.8A (or 800mA). This bit of information was not readily advertised, so I was concerned when I heard my battery making gurgling noises while the LED was "amber" for the past 8 hours. This battery was only 2 years old with less than 5000 miles and had been maintained since day 1, so I was sure it wasn't a problem with the battery. It turns out that it was nothing to be concerned about since this charger was designed to be used for long-term storage of batteries.

My previous charger, a Black & Decker / Vector 2A "smart" automatic maintainer tried to keep my battery voltage at 14.75 VDC at 2A for over 24 hours. Needless to say, I was concerned when I saw this happening with a brand new Battery Tender. I dug around on their website and discovered a PDF that indicated the Tender would try to reach 14.5 VDC for the absorption phase, at which point it would switch to a trickling charge and finally the maintenance charge. I logged all of the readings and confirmed that once the battery reached 14.4-14.5 VDC, it would start to trickle down finally remaining at about 13.12-13.22 VDC @ 20-100 mA. A modern car's parasitic draw is about 10-50 mA, so the maintenance charge is to compensate for the parasitic draw and for self-discharging of the battery. I discovered the Tender does a much better job at a maintenance charge because I have yet to see the Tender go into the Amber-LED mode, whereas my Vector/B&D occasionally switches back and forth even on a fully charged battery. I logged some data from the Vector/B&D and discovered that once the LED is green, it provides NO current to the battery. In essence, the Vector/B&D just shuts off once it reaches 14.5 VDC - which is not as useful as providing an actual maintenance charge. The Battery Tender wins. Quite a few people have commented that their Sears "smart/automatic" maintainer and other brands constantly switch between the Green and Amber modes. I suspect those chargers are doing the same thing as the Vector/B&D. They just shut off when the battery is "charged", which is not very good for the battery. It needs to hold a maintenance charge to prevent sulfation.

The Tender Waterproof is fully encapsulated with a thermally conductive potting material. This makes the unit quite heavy for such a small device. It uses a quick-disconnect 2-terminal fitting that is commonly used for battery chargers/maintainers. It comes with ring terminals or large battery clamps all fused with a 7.5A ATC fuse. I made my own wiring harness with smaller alligator clips since I don't have room under the hood for large clamps, and I do not want to permanently install a set of ring terminals that can short out or cause other problems in the long-run.

Pros: Battery Tender has an excellent reputation for making reliable chargers. The Waterproof unit is quite durable and is insulated from shock, water, corrosion, extreme temperatures and other environmental variables.

Cons: At 800mA max current capacity, this charger will work rather slowly for 50Ah or larger capacity batteries, so expect 10-12 hours upon hooking it up to a battery before the LED turns green. The benefit of this is that it prevents boiling the battery or generating a lot of heat due to excessive current.

Overall: If you're using the charger in an environment subject to cold or hot temperature swings with plenty of moisture, such as in a detached garage for your motorcycle, boat, stored vehicle, or even a daily driver, I highly recommend the Waterproof unit over the Tender Jr or Tender Plus.

UPDATE:
I decided to purchase an additional Battery Tender Waterproof because I needed another charger for my daily driver and because I experienced no problems with the first unit.

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The Battery Tender Waterproof 800 12-volt/.80-amp Battery Charger is the ultraportable solution to the challenge of keeping vehicle batteries optimally powered when not in use, and in situations where water may be present. It is able to charge any lead-acid battery, including standard and sealed AGM and GEL Cell battery types, and is also designed to be easy to use in small spaces, to utilize a 3-step charging program and safely function in a fully automatic mode. Taken together this makes the Waterproof 800 an excellent means of ensuring that the batteries for your ATV's, watercraft, motorcycles and boats are fully and safely charged and ready to go when you are.

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