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<blockquote data-quote="Ridge Runner" data-source="post: 478475" data-attributes="member: 3775"><p>Yeah DD, the only charger I had was "Big Red" which is a 35a/310a boost work shop charger and it kills batteries so last week I ordered the 15a smart charger and then I realized that I also needed on for small batteries both 6v and 12v so I ordered the NOCO G3500, The bigger 15a and the 26a are very cool at charging batteries from 40/50A right up to 500A along with maintaining larger Banks of batteries hence why I splashed out, But Big Red is only good if you don't let it go lower than 2 or 3 amps because the voltage shoots up and the battery looses it's CCA, </p><p></p><p>IE, I checked the truck battery and it said something like 547cca so I knew it needed a top up so I put it on Big Red and when it was done the CCA had dropped to 416cca, So I did a couple of Load Tests to drop the charge out of it and hooked it up to the NOCO 15A charger and let it charge and when it was done I put it in the repair mode and when it had done it's thing in under 4 hours the CCA was back up to 724cca, I like Big Red because it is a beast but if you leave it on charge and it goes below 2 amps it becomes a mass murderer.</p><p></p><p>So seeing what the NOCO 15A had done is why I bought the 26A, Straight up these chargers are Good, Ay. :Y: <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />erfect:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ridge Runner, post: 478475, member: 3775"] Yeah DD, the only charger I had was "Big Red" which is a 35a/310a boost work shop charger and it kills batteries so last week I ordered the 15a smart charger and then I realized that I also needed on for small batteries both 6v and 12v so I ordered the NOCO G3500, The bigger 15a and the 26a are very cool at charging batteries from 40/50A right up to 500A along with maintaining larger Banks of batteries hence why I splashed out, But Big Red is only good if you don't let it go lower than 2 or 3 amps because the voltage shoots up and the battery looses it's CCA, IE, I checked the truck battery and it said something like 547cca so I knew it needed a top up so I put it on Big Red and when it was done the CCA had dropped to 416cca, So I did a couple of Load Tests to drop the charge out of it and hooked it up to the NOCO 15A charger and let it charge and when it was done I put it in the repair mode and when it had done it's thing in under 4 hours the CCA was back up to 724cca, I like Big Red because it is a beast but if you leave it on charge and it goes below 2 amps it becomes a mass murderer. So seeing what the NOCO 15A had done is why I bought the 26A, Straight up these chargers are Good, Ay. :Y: :perfect: [/QUOTE]
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