Topic: C5 Original Charger specs.

[aandu]

I was sunk in neck deep work the past couple of weeks... Hope to start work on the C5 again.

I have managed to buy a good leisure battery. A friend has loaned me his Halfords charger. When I connected it for charging, it came as charged after just 2-3 hours. So have to see if it really charged or if the intelligent charger is actually dumb.

[Wizbat]

Hi, I,m running a brand new liesure battery that,s 85 amps and It was first used on this sunday last, I stuck it on charge sunday night and at the mo it,s still storming!( been round the village lots of times :-) and up to the pub and the dash still shows both little green lights).
I take it from what was said earlier that a typical halfords car battery charger will knacker it, so whats the most suitable charger for this type of battery and where can I get it?
Wiz.

[fezza_rs]

No a decent autobattery charger will be just fine for it.

[aandu]

Hi, I,m running a brand new liesure battery that,s 85 amps and It was first used on this sunday last, I stuck it on charge sunday night and at the mo it,s still storming!( been round the village lots of times :-) and up to the pub and the dash still shows both little green lights).
I take it from what was said earlier that a typical halfords car battery charger will knacker it, so whats the most suitable charger for this type of battery and where can I get it?
Wiz.

Mine is 105AH Trojan Battery with a 25 Amp Reserve capacity of 175 minutes. So hopefully should be able to do atleast 30+ miles on a single charge.

The halfords charger I loaned is suitable for car, leisure and bike batteries... atleast that is what the manual says.

Going to buy multimeter and stuff today. Hope I can go for a spin tomorrow i.e if the controller and motor work!