Is it possible to DIY up a 6V charger for old car batteries, or to buy one cheap?
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17 years ago
DIY 6V charger?
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17 years ago
The message from "Doki" contains these words:
Quite a lot of chargers still cater for 6V as many smaller motorbikes run on this. Of course, the output's lower...
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know it says up to 5Ah, but it'd just take longer.
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The message from "Doki" contains these words:
Maplin do one - but it's low powered but has the advantage of changing to trickle when full.
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there's plenty of 6V chargers on eBay.
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The message from Guy King contains these words:
Ooops, dunno what happened there!
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17 years ago
Yes, but ebay or boot sale would probably be cheaper.
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17 years ago
trickle charge, in spite of what it claims. You will need to ensure you switch it off when battery is fully charged (unless you like to hear fizzing noises and ballon-shaped SLA batteries;-).
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17 years ago
very simple
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Why is that an advantage ?
As 6V car batteries are effectively obsolete and gel cell batteries need different voltages, then we're presumably talking about small motorbike batteries here. If they're charged fully then there's an advantage to float charging them, but continuing to trickle charge them (voltage between float and full-rate charging) is going to kill them pretty quickly.
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The message from Andy Dingley contains these words:
Because it means you can leave it overnight. Obviously leaving it on all the time would be silly and not something you'd want to do with that sort of charger but it does mean you don't have to sit and watch it like a hawk.