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2 amp setting at most. For 7AH 1 amp is probably about right You want to make sure you aren't charging them in less than about 4 hours (if fully drained), so, for a single cell 7AH, you really want to shoot for less than 2 amps. The Shumaker (sp?) chargers are 1.5 or 2AMp, I think, single stage, so they just shut off when the battery gets to 13.5V or so. The light batteries *do* seem to benefit from using a two or three stage charger especially if they are getting old. My old set of batteries (14Ah) for my light really came back to life burn-time wise when I got my scooter charger and used it to charge them. If you only have one set of batteries, it's probably cheaper to just replace them then spend $100 on a charger. And, as always, the other key to battery health is never let them discharge below about 11.5V, and if you want them to last a really long time, 12.0V At 01:42 PM 4/17/2000 -0500, you wrote: >There was a discussion here a while back about acceptable charging rates >for sealed lead-acid batteries, with figures for, as best I can recall, >Yuasa and Powersonic 12/7s cited. > >I can't find the posts anywhere - if anybody can point me to them, or has >any info on the subject, please let me know. > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. ---------------------------------- Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*> NW Labor Systems, Inc http://www.nwls.com *I* moved your cheese. ---------------------------------- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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