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21 December 2013, 19:46
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Country: UK - England
Town: Northumberland
Boat name: Northern Storm
Make: North Diver?
Length: 4m +
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Battery charger
Have my 90hp yam hooked upto 110amp leisure battery (gel cell)
What type of charger would be needed ?
Boat stored in garage and it's just to too it up if needs be
Posting a lot at moment as hoping by feb rib will get a wetting
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21 December 2013, 20:16
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Country: Ireland
Town: Galway
Boat name: Top Banana
Make: Scorpion 9m
Length: 9m +
Engine: Yamaha 421STI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gramas
Have my 90hp yam hooked upto 110amp leisure battery (gel cell)
What type of charger would be needed ?
Boat stored in garage and it's just to too it up if needs be
Posting a lot at moment as hoping by feb rib will get a wetting
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I use one of these.
CTEK Multi XS 7000 Battery Charger
It's excellent.
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21 December 2013, 21:10
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If you are "just" using it to top up... almost any charger will suffice.
Its a different matter if you need to charge from flat - then you need more amps and hence a more expensive charger.
Not the right season ... but car boot sales are a good source of good quality chargers but you do need to know a good un from a bad un!
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21 December 2013, 21:12
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Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yam 85
MMSI: 235055163
Join Date: Jul 2005
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If it's in storage, grab an Optimate (or the cheaper version, which is just as good)
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21 December 2013, 21:15
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Girvan & Tayvallich
Boat name: Breawatch
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Mercury 150 F/stroke
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I use big standard Halfords three stage charger works fine and I have a couple of Squadron 120ah bats.
Sent from my iPhone using Rib.net
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21 December 2013, 21:27
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Country: UK - England
Town: Northumberland
Boat name: Northern Storm
Make: North Diver?
Length: 4m +
Engine: Yamaha 90 Autolube
MMSI: 235096344
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So don't have to worry bout acid , gel , etc types
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21 December 2013, 21:30
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset & Hants
Boat name: Streaker/Orange
Make: Avon/Ribcraft
Length: 4m +
Engine: 50Yam/25 Mariner
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nos4r2
if it's in storage, grab an optimate (or the cheaper version, which is just as good)
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+1 :-)
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21 December 2013, 21:34
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Daventry & Beaulieu
Boat name: Tigga2
Make: Ribcraft 4.8
Length: 4m +
Engine: Honda BF50
MMSI: 235900806
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 984
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Originally Posted by Barrowboy
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I have been very pleased with my Ctek charger.
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21 December 2013, 21:36
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Country: USA
Town: NorCal
Boat name: SHARKY
Make: AB
Length: 4m +
Engine: Honda BF75 & BF5
Join Date: Dec 2009
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Ctek all the way! They can be left on without any damage, and can handle AGM's should you decide to upgrade batteries in the future. That is what I use to charge my Odyssey 925 AGM.
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22 December 2013, 05:06
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Member
Country: Australia
Town: Sydney
Boat name: Lunasea
Make: Ribtec 890SX
Length: 8m +
Engine: Yamaha ME 421STI x 2
Join Date: Aug 2009
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I have a range of Cteks on my toys and have never had a problem with a charger. Another advantage is that my batteries are lasting a lot longer than ever before.
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22 December 2013, 06:59
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Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Originally Posted by Barrowboy
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Same here  I leave it on all winter & forget about it.
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22 December 2013, 08:03
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Northumberland
Boat name: Northern Storm
Make: North Diver?
Length: 4m +
Engine: Yamaha 90 Autolube
MMSI: 235096344
Join Date: Aug 2012
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So would the ctek mxs 5.0 be suitable ????
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22 December 2013, 08:40
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Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gramas
So would the ctek mxs 5.0 be suitable ????
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Don't see why not. Are you running twin batteries? I have twin batteries & for the winter I close the link switch, effectively making one big battery which is outside the limit of the MXS 5. If that's not an issue for you, it should be perfick
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22 December 2013, 12:35
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: New Milton
Boat name: Jianna
Make: Osprey
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200 E-TEC
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Another vote for ctek
Even got them on some installations that we have delivered into Saudi Arabia!
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22 December 2013, 14:19
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Country: UK - England
Town: Fareham
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Just got an ordinary car battery charger for topping up and stirring the batt during the winter months. I connect up about one a month for a 12 hour stint on each battery, same batteries I purchased from new 7 years ago so must be doing something right.
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Looks Slow but is Fast
Member of the ebay Blue RIB cover club.
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23 December 2013, 15:39
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Hampshire
Boat name: Altea 2
Make: Narwhal
Length: 5m +
Engine: 90 Mariner
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 855
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Another vote for the Ctek. I've got a couple of these:
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23 December 2013, 16:39
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: Wildheart
Make: Humber/Delta Seasafe
Length: 5m +
Engine: Merc 60 Clamshell
MMSI: 235068449
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jambo
I use big standard Halfords three stage charger works fine Sent
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pikey Dave
Same here I leave it on all winter & forget about it. |
Ditto on both counts.......
I re- wired my Halfrauds charger (slightly) with a 2 pin (20A) Bulgin Buccaneer connector instead of the croc clips. I did the same on the side of the console. The fly lead (to the charger which hangs form the roof) is quickly un- plugged and re- routed to the conector on the trailer winch post which is fed from the split charge on the towing socket.
For those with the 7 pin N&S sockets (rather than 13 pin - I have that hance needing a breakout box) you could fit the charger with an inline "S" type socket & lead the charge cable straight to the car
Not had a duff start due to battery yet!
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