New 12v battery charger ?

[andybk]

looking for a new 12v battery charger , use one a fair bit during winter for fencers , cars and farm machinery at times , usually get half a dozen fresh ones each year from local scrappy any suggestions for a good make of charger , will need to be portable .

 

[Kidds]

I have one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ring-RSC8...iagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item3f32d08efa
It seems they are discontinued and any new ones are V+ expensive.
They are seriously good and if you can find a good used one I think they are prolly worth £70.
Will bring dead batteries back to life 8 times out of 10.

 

[devonshire farmer]

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Produ...Conditioners&gclid=CJnqur7GuL0CFagKwwod6pIAkQ
Is this the ones!

 

[Cooper3075]

Iv got this one has it few years been good used quite a lot starter bits useful to upto about landrover sized engines. My buggiest fault with it is lack of on off switch but just have to keep turning it off at the wall.

 

[Kidds]

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Product.do?method=view&n=1448&p=190425&c=215&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Base&utm_campaign=Battery Chargers & Conditioners&gclid=CJnqur7GuL0CFagKwwod6pIAkQ
Is this the ones!

Yes

 

[Steevo]

I've got a CTEK one here and am very pleased with it. Had a flat battery on the combine the other day so it wouldn't start. 20 mins of charging and it turned the key perfectly enough to start.

 

[devonshire farmer]

Your earlier up your way our combine won't be needed for a while yet down here!

 

[quavers]

only just got a ctek 2500 . 25 amp . may reason was to try and condition the batteries that I all ready have , shuts down to trickle mode once battery has charged , sure I have knackered batteries in the past with not shutting them off fast enough, also has a conditioning mode . buy online for cheapest purchase , 150 ish plus vat local shop wanted 200 plus the vat

 

[Goweresque]

I have one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ring-RSC8...iagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item3f32d08efa
It seems they are discontinued and any new ones are V+ expensive.
They are seriously good and if you can find a good used one I think they are prolly worth £70.
Will bring dead batteries back to life 8 times out of 10.

I've got one, and I'm very happy with it too. I find if you catch batteries when they are just on the cusp (ie when they'll either just start the machine, or just fail) and run them through the rejuvenation mode a few times you'll get another season out of them normally at least.