Longchalk Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Have acquired a secondhand Deben charger (black, square, plugs straight in the wall) to charge my new magnet (which arrived today so I'm currently so excited I'm like a dog with two d**ks!) Anyone know what the sequence of red or green lights is for charging, or finished?... At the moment they are both on. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttab Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 When the green goes out it's charged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longchalk Posted January 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 Thanks mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rimotu66 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Flippin eck mate, you do get excited easily don't you I use my motor cycle optimate to trickle charge all my batteries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE MEK Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 +1 for optimate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 It very much depends on the size of your battery. The charger that you describe sounds like the one I have which is a bit of a brute, chucking out 800mA (9.6VA). I wouldn't use it on anything smaller than the 7Ah battery size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longchalk Posted January 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Mine is 500mA, and does the small 1.5ah batteries I use for the flappers very nicely. Recharges them in a couple of hours. But when I put it on the 7Ah battery that came with the magnet, about 12 hrs later it still wasn't anywhere near charged. That battery however, had only lasted round 2.5 hours on the magnet on Friday anyway, so on Saturday I went to Tool Station and bought a 12Ah one for £28.99... Then called into Maplin for the charger they recommend for their own 12Ah battery ( which is a ridiculous £40) and they gave me one that chucks out 1.5Ah.... Charged the big battery nicely in around 6 hours, and it lasted all day on Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingy Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 I use the optimate charger on my 17Ah battery (that's lead/acid) an old motorcycle battery, you can't use this charger on a lithium battery I use the deben charger on my 7Ah lithium and the light sequence is - plug charger into battery it lights up green, plug charger into wall socket light turns red, when charged light turns green. Wingy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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