battery charger

[John_Mc]

HAVE THE NOCO GENIUS 10 BUT YET TO USE IT being old school. Both my very old automatic chargers went dead after many years of great use so bought this one. Not sure about using it though, new tech stuff is often mind boggling at my age and no directions in the box. maybe can find a tutorial online seeing how to do it. My oldies were so easy, set the voltage switch to 12v, hook up cables and plug it in and walk away, leave connected all winter on my tractors.

User guide for Noco Genius 10

https://no.co/media/wysiwyg/downloads/User_Guides/Genius/genius10na_user_guide_4.9.2024a.pdf

 

[boatmoter]

I am currently using a 20 year old,at least, Centech battery charger. I only use it on 2 amp for the tractor, zero-turn(monthly or so to top off), and vehicles as needed. I dropped it when hooking up to the tractor and the indicator needle fell off but it still charges fine, the light going from red to green when battery is fully charged. A vehicle battery went dead the other day(door left ajar) and it has been hooked to the charger for three days, though it is only plugged in during the day so I can keep an eye on it. Light on charger has not changed to green, tho the interior light of the vehicle does come on so I believe it is receiving the charge. I am thinking of getting a newer model charger but just read that the newer models will not charge a fully empty battery as it may not detect the battery when connected. Thoughts? I know this forum likes battery tenders/minders but as I like to keep an eye on any charging and do not leave anything connected if I am not nearby, I have not gotten one. A tender will not charge a dead vehicle battery, will it?

Im old school too. my analog chargers als took a dump. I bought one and their not bad to learn, pretty easy. just make sure you choose conventional on the setting if your battery is a conventional (regular liquid acid battery), or AGM if your battery is a AGM battery, a lot of cars and new marine have AGM batteries now. my 2016 malibu takes a AGM battery.

 

[RayIN]

I bought a cheapie off Amazon. It's fully-automatic, you cannot manually select battery voltage, cycle time, battery type. Just hook it up, plug into a 120VAC receptacle, and it does the rest.
Pretty cool IMO. It had a "battery repair" function that does need to be manually selected, pulse-charger as known here in the USA.
My lawn mower battery was not performing well, so I set the charger to battery repair. Next morning the charger was off and displayed "done".
Disconnected the charger and put it away, then tried to start the mower; it fired off almost immediately. Before running that function I had just charged the battery but the mower would not start.
Best $25 I ever spent on Amazon.

 

[grsthegreat]

HAVE THE NOCO GENIUS 10 BUT YET TO USE IT being old school. Both my very old automatic chargers went dead after many years of great use so bought this one. Not sure about using it though, new tech stuff is often mind boggling at my age and no directions in the box. maybe can find a tutorial online seeing how to do it. My oldies were so easy, set the voltage switch to 12v, hook up cables and plug it in and walk away, leave connected all winter on my tractors.

Very easy to use…. Just hook it up and press button until battery type flashes

 

[Ricn]

Thanks for the tips, be trying them soon!

 

[mrmikey]

I bought a cheapie off Amazon. It's fully-automatic, you cannot manually select battery voltage, cycle time, battery type. Just hook it up, plug into a 120VAC receptacle, and it does the rest.

I had one too, it was great....'till it wasn't, lasted about a year.