Author Topic: What do you charge with? (Read 1796 times)

Bearseatfish · « **on:** Feb 14, 2023, 05:46 PM »

Hello everyone, what do you charge your 12 volt flasher/fish finder battery with?. The last charger I got from amazon overheated to the point you couldnt touch it.

MNice · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 14, 2023, 05:52 PM »

Standard vexilar charger that came with my unit. Trouble free for years, but to old school for many

SLAYERFISH · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 14, 2023, 06:06 PM »

I use a Milwaukee M-18 batt on the LX-5. Just use the M-18 charger.

DR.SPECKLER · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 14, 2023, 06:37 PM »

Battery tender jr for lead acid and noco charger for lithium or lead acid.i had no problems with my stock vexilar chargers but marcum chargers are junk.jmo

cwavs1982 · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 14, 2023, 06:53 PM »

Switched over to the Marcum lithium and it came with a charger, so that is what I use. I don’t rely on knockoff chargers.

fishchef · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 14, 2023, 06:56 PM »

X2 on the Noco charger. Their Genius series in low amperage work great in keeping a 12V SLA ready to go:

https://no.co/brands/noco-genius

krispcritter · « **Reply #6 on:** Feb 14, 2023, 07:10 PM »

Amped charger for my amped batteries

Dan in NH · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 14, 2023, 10:24 PM »

I use a NOCO genious, Works great with all batteries.

HWeber · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 14, 2023, 10:42 PM »

Electricity

uncleshorty · « **Reply #9 on:** Feb 15, 2023, 02:23 AM »

VISA...

hardwater diehard · « **Reply #10 on:** Feb 15, 2023, 06:48 AM »

My Vexilar charger for my SLA battery and an Amped Outdoors charger for my lithiums ,I also have a Gamder Mtn charger but that does not get much use.

esox_xtm · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 15, 2023, 08:10 AM »

It is not unusual for a charger and/or battery to heat up when charging. My laptop charger gets very warm. What kind of battery do you have? Sealed Lead Acid (SLA) or some sort of Lithium (Li)? It is best to use a charger that is made for the specific type of battery, especially lithium (Amped Outdoors, Dakota, etc.).

Wapiti406 · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 15, 2023, 11:51 AM »

These chargers normally get warm. The standard issue charger my Garmin came with got a bit warm, but I noticed it more so when I upgraded to a Dakota Lithium. I sent them an email asking about it and they said it was normal, even with my temps reading about 109 with a heat gun.

Standard 12v chargers are everywhere and are probably like everything else. You might have better luck going with a well known company.

slamber · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 15, 2023, 12:03 PM »

Quote from: Dan in NH on Feb 14, 2023, 10:24 PM

I use a NOCO genious, Works great with all batteries.

Same charger here

ont_angler · « **Reply #14 on:** Feb 15, 2023, 12:06 PM »

I use the NOCO genus 5.

Can do both lithium and lead acid batteries too.

Bearseatfish · « **Reply #15 on:** Feb 15, 2023, 05:03 PM »

Quote from: esox_xtm on Feb 15, 2023, 08:10 AM

It is not unusual for a charger and/or battery to heat up when charging. My laptop charger gets very warm. What kind of battery do you have? Sealed Lead Acid (SLA) or some sort of Lithium (Li)? It is best to use a charger that is made for the specific type of battery, especially lithium (Amped Outdoors, Dakota, etc.).

thats what I bought.

esox_xtm · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 16, 2023, 11:03 AM »

Looks like they belong together. Too bad you jumped. Amped Outdoors has a blowout sale going on their 12AH battery and 3A charger combo right now ($60 shipped!)

badger132 · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 16, 2023, 11:28 AM »

The main thing is to make sure it was designed for your battery, not the electronics that it powers. If you replaced your SLA battery with a 20V tool battery or a lithium 12V, the charging profile and voltage are different, so you need a new charger matched to the battery. I got a 12V trolling motor battery (LiFePO4), and even though the company said I could use a standard 12V charger, it never charged fully until I bought a new charger made for that battery technology.

Uppervalley Kid · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 17, 2023, 10:52 AM »

Battery tender works great and will maintain charge once finished.

wyogator · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 20, 2023, 06:42 PM »

Battery Tender Jr for my Cabelas SLA and a Amped charger for my Amped lifepo

Drifter_016 · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 21, 2023, 10:09 AM »

NOCO for my SLA batts and the charger that came with my Dakota Lithium charger that came with the lithium battery.

Dave R · « **Reply #21 on:** Feb 21, 2023, 05:18 PM »

Quote from: MNice on Feb 14, 2023, 05:52 PM

Standard vexilar charger that came with my unit. Trouble free for years, but to old school for many

X2

jerryfishing · « **Reply #22 on:** Feb 27, 2023, 05:36 PM »

It could be a defective battery or defective charger. Check voltage on battery. Sometimes if battery level gets too low it went charge. There is usually some circuitry built into LifPo batteries to protect battery from overcharging, short circuit and a low level cut off. Next I would check output on charger. Voltage and amperage level to make sure they match info stamped or labeled on charger itself. There is also a recommended amperage and voltage levels for battery. Check battery specs for that info.If you bought battery and/ or charger on Amazon, then try to return one or both. Dakota and Amped are proven technology and 1st hand tested by many anglers now. Can't go wrong there. Good luck!

greenbackhunter · « **Reply #23 on:** Feb 27, 2023, 06:56 PM »

Very common for lithium chargers to get almost too hot to touch. That said, I’m not sure that knock off battery has a bms in it to regulate the voltage.

ice4066 · « **Reply #24 on:** Feb 27, 2023, 08:02 PM »

Same as some original vex charger for my 20 unit has worked fine ever since I bought unit long time ago

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Author Topic: What do you charge with? (Read 1796 times)