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bigdog1962
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 Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 12:48 pm Post subject: Would you trust this battery charger? |
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I inherited this charger and I imagine that I imagine was made in the 70's. It's been sitting on the shelf since I got it as I have another much newer one.
My question is - would you still trust it to use it?
I didn't want to use it/give it away/sell it if it's outdated and shouldn't be used.
It's in good shape - no frayed wires, etc.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 12:52 pm Post subject: Re: Would you trust this battery charger? |
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A batter charger is not the same as a batter tender. One is designed to charge a battery that is dead while the other is used to maintain a battery that is not being used.
It's probably OK to use for it's intended purpose.
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Zundfolge1432
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| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 1:04 pm Post subject: Re: Would you trust this battery charger? |
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| I’ve had one like that for over 25 years. |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 1:10 pm Post subject: Re: Would you trust this battery charger? |
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| Yes I sure would. We have an old Diehard at home from Sears it seldom gets used my dad bought it new in 1983 works like a charm and it lived most of its life outside because we don’t have a garage. But I always bring it in for the winter. |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 4:39 pm Post subject: Re: Would you trust this battery charger? |
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This charger was made by either Schauer or Woodward-Schumacher for Sears. It has the Sears logo that was used starting in 1984, so it's no older than that.
These work great if your battery has gone dead from sitting for too long and you want to give it an overnight charge in the garage.
Too bad it doesn't have a switch for 6-volt charging.
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halfassleatherworks
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| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 5:51 pm Post subject: Re: Would you trust this battery charger? |
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why do you think it will not work?
just because it is old
does not make any difference if that was the case then through you old VW away
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bigdog1962
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| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 6:00 pm Post subject: Re: Would you trust this battery charger? |
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| halfassleatherworks wrote: |
why do you think it will not work?
just because it is old
does not make any difference if that was the case then through you old VW away |
Because technology changes, I'm not mechanically knowledgeable about these things and I know that there are folks on here that are.
Thanks for everyone's input. It's a keeper.
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Chickensoup
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| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 6:45 pm Post subject: Re: Would you trust this battery charger? |
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No joke i have the same exact one if not nearly identical. works great. It was stored in a barn until i inherited it.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 7:46 pm Post subject: Re: Would you trust this battery charger? |
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Lead acid batteries, none of the new fangled stuff, different internal resistance.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 8:47 am Post subject: Re: Would you trust this battery charger? |
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I assume by "newfangled" batteries, you people mean stuff like Optima.
For my batteries, I've used my 1970s era Schauer charger for decades, typical Interstate, Autozone, O'Reilly batteries.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 9:41 am Post subject: Re: Would you trust this battery charger? |
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| its better thaqn the modern chargers that wil not charge a dead battery....for some reason...I use battery chargers to charge dead batterys, the batterys that arent dead dont need charging...go figure. |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: Would you trust this battery charger? |
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Mine looks about as old as that one!
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| Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 9:08 pm Post subject: Re: Would you trust this battery charger? |
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Yes! Use it, it's a keeper for sure! I scour garage sales for those old chargers for the reason stated below.
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| its better thaqn the modern chargers that wil not charge a dead battery....for some reason...I use battery chargers to charge dead batterys, the batterys that arent dead dont need charging...go figure. |
Modern chargers Mark are designed to be idiot proof. That means they are polarity protected so that the average idiot cannot reverse the polarity and plug it in causing damage to the charger, battery and possibly the idiot. So they need to sense polarity before they will give an output. If the battery is dead or very close to it there will not be a strong enough polarity feed back to trigger the sensing circuitry and allow the charger to output a charge.
Yes hook a stone dead battery in parallel with one that has some charge with the charger on both for a while and the dead one will come up enough for the modern charger to recognize it as a legit polarity and charge it on it's own. |
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| Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 4:53 am Post subject: Re: Would you trust this battery charger? |
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| oprn wrote: |
Yes! Use it, it's a keeper for sure! I scour garage sales for those old chargers for the reason stated below.
| mark tucker wrote: |
| its better thaqn the modern chargers that wil not charge a dead battery....for some reason...I use battery chargers to charge dead batterys, the batterys that arent dead dont need charging...go figure. |
Modern chargers Mark are designed to be idiot proof. That means they are polarity protected so that the average idiot cannot reverse the polarity and plug it in causing damage to the charger, battery and possibly the idiot. So they need to sense polarity before they will give an output. If the battery is dead or very close to it there will not be a strong enough polarity feed back to trigger the sensing circuitry and allow the charger to output a charge.
Yes hook a stone dead battery in parallel with one that has some charge with the charger on both for a while and the dead one will come up enough for the modern charger to recognize it as a legit polarity and charge it on it's own. |
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Agencies such as OSHA have protected people who are too dumb to stay alive without help. These folk were able to now live long enough so they were able to reproduce ....... creating yet more and more stupid. .......  
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| Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 6:19 am Post subject: Re: Would you trust this battery charger? |
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Harsh Dave, harsh!
Not saying you are wrong....
State sponsored attempt to reverse Darwen's theory of evolution I say. Started with automatic transmissions... progressed to antilock brakes, traction control, light sensing headlight switches, climate control, proximity sensors in the bumpers... The self driving car is the pinnacle of that effort.
Behold the semi comatose modern driver! 
On to that dream of... flying cars?
Ha!
The most recent batch of drivers would be completely flummoxed in an old VW with a stick and manual steering on a one dimensional road, add three dimensions? Good Lord save us!!!!
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| Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 9:02 am Post subject: Re: Would you trust this battery charger? |
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| oprn wrote: |
Harsh Dave, harsh!
Not saying you are wrong....
State sponsored attempt to reverse Darwen's theory of evolution I say. Started with automatic transmissions... progressed to antilock brakes, traction control, light sensing headlight switches, climate control, proximity sensors in the bumpers... The self driving car is the pinnacle of that effort.
Behold the semi comatose modern driver!
On to that dream of... flying cars?
Ha!
The most recent batch of drivers would be completely flummoxed in an old VW with a stick and manual steering on a one dimensional road, add three dimensions? Good Lord save us!!!!
Don't mind me, just an old Coot with some runaway early morning thoughts - needing a cup of coffee...
Where is it... oop! Found the tea... all good now! |
With the exception of the anti lock brakes I agree.
with anti lock brakes I can autocross without flatspoting my tires to bad on my old 88 Corvette.
oops Can't say that on here it doesn't have a water cooled flat 4 in it, I mean a air cooled motor.
Time to go back to bed
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| Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 12:56 pm Post subject: Re: Would you trust this battery charger? |
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