"Richard Steinbock" wrote in message
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SHRED wrote:
I am looking for an onboard 2 bank charger.
People have told me to not charge the batteries too fast.

I am looking for an overnight charging unit that maintains the batteies
at full charge.

Is there a max Amp rating I should target for?
My little 1 amp charger takes 3 days to charge one Interstate SRM 27 and
that is way too long.

I use three Back & Decker independent carry chargers from Wally World. They
are automatic. I set them on 2 amp if I don't plan to use my boat the next
day, and I just walk by the boat the next day and flick them back on if they
don't fully recharge in a day. If I need to use the boat the next day I
just set the chargers to 6 amp. Works the best of anything I have tried.

Of the onboard chargers I have had in the past Guest worked the best, but
its a good idea to check the fuses if any of your batteries show charge
faster than you think they should. I found that with any of the onboard
chargers my batteries still seemed to need a slow trickle charge
periodically from a small carry charger to keep at max capacity.

Also, some of the "good" onboard chargers seemed to cook off battery
electrolite if left unattended for more than a couple days. Tells me they
weren't going over to a true float mode when the batteries were charged.

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