For a Marine designation there are probably some upgrades. Stainless
contacts and probably a sealed circuit board. Perhaps some spray proofing.
Maybe powder coated vs paint and maybe more non-sparking.

Add this to a small market and you get the $40 markup. Perhaps someone
could write Vector and ask what is the difference in the plain vs the -M
model.

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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Rick J wrote in
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For all the WallWorld bashers, Vector chargers may also be bought at
WestMarine or BoatersWorld for the usual marine markup and the charger
will come with a "-M" designation.


Ah, yes, but at Waste Marine/Boat US you have the priviledge of paying
$129
for the 35A stripped down model, instead of $89 for the 40A/100A starting
model at Wally World. Obviously, well-to-do yachtsmen would pay the extra
$40 for a chinzier model....rather than be seen by fellow yachtsmen buying
something off a rack at Wally World on the cheap.....(c;

Pointing this out to Waste Marine managers, by the way, will get you
snubbed as you are obviously NOT the class of clientele Waste Marine wants
in their stores....

Larry W4CSC

"Rick & Linda Bernard" wrote in
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For a Marine designation there are probably some upgrades. Stainless
contacts and probably a sealed circuit board. Perhaps some spray
proofing. Maybe powder coated vs paint and maybe more non-sparking.

Add this to a small market and you get the $40 markup. Perhaps
someone could write Vector and ask what is the difference in the plain
vs the -M model.

Look at both. No difference...nada.

Amazon.com sells the Vector chargers and NO SALES TAX. The 2/10/20/35
sells for $75. Delivery takes a couple of weeks. We've used this
charger and it works great. A lot of RF noise but who cares you just
wait to use your SSB or other RF receiver when the charger is completed.

Parker wrote in
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Amazon.com sells the Vector chargers and NO SALES TAX. The 2/10/20/35
sells for $75. Delivery takes a couple of weeks. We've used this
charger and it works great. A lot of RF noise but who cares you just
wait to use your SSB or other RF receiver when the charger is completed.


Good priced, too. The SAME charger at Waste Marine is $130!

Larry

I have been following this thread, but missed a point. How does the charger
deal with gel cells? I looked at one in West and it does not seem to have
any ability to change the max voltage.

--
Dennis Gibbons
dkgibbons at optonline dot net
"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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Parker wrote in
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Amazon.com sells the Vector chargers and NO SALES TAX. The 2/10/20/35
sells for $75. Delivery takes a couple of weeks. We've used this
charger and it works great. A lot of RF noise but who cares you just
wait to use your SSB or other RF receiver when the charger is completed.


Good priced, too. The SAME charger at Waste Marine is $130!

Larry

"Dennis Gibbons" wrote in
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I have been following this thread, but missed a point. How does the
charger deal with gel cells? I looked at one in West and it does not
seem to have any ability to change the max voltage.


It's for charging real batteries, not gelcells....

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"Dennis Gibbons" wrote in
.net:

I have been following this thread, but missed a point. How does the
charger deal with gel cells? I looked at one in West and it does not
seem to have any ability to change the max voltage.


It's for charging real batteries, not gelcells....

Hmmm. Do I detect a note of sarcasm there? Though I do agree with you,
given my one experiebnce with a gell cell.