Hi Tom:
I bought a smart charger from my local Walmart store for about $18.00.
I use it on the battery in our lawn mower and leave it on all the time.
It has three lights on it:
red for charging,
yellow for stand by,
Green when battery is fully charged.
You can use a light probe to see which light is on.
It puts out about 1/2 amp.
It does a great job for me.
73
Lowell
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From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 9:40 PM
Subject: smart charger for deep cycle marine batteries


> Hi, all.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions about a "user friendly" smart charger for
> deep cycle marine batteries?
>
> I have a Shoemaker charger here that has an automatic charging mode and a
> "deep cycle" battery setting, but don't know how good it really is.
> Furthermore, I don't think it's a true "smart charger", in that it
> apparently needs to be disconnected from the battery as soon as possible
> after charging is completed.  In other words, you can't leave it attached
to
> the battery permanently or for an inordinately long period of time.
>
> If anyone has suggestions, please try to provide make, model number, and
> approximate price if available.
>
> Being totally blind, I'd also like one that gives me some kind of
indication
> regarding the charge status of the battery.  That may be hard to come by,
> but thought I'd ask.
>
> Thanks, and vy 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ