As you suggested Larry I was able to get the totally dead battery to
take a charge using an old fashioned, not fully automatic charger.
Thanks for the suggestion!

Also, I picked up one of those 1.5A bricks you suggested. The one I
found was a Schumacher Model WM-1562A. About $15. Similar to the one
you suggested except it's rectangular, and has a 6/12V switch. The
switch is useless to me, but oh well. All the other features are
exactly as you mentioned.
Thanks again!

(Floating Mind) wrote in news:4579-44FDAD37-284
@storefull-3111.bay.webtv.net:

As you suggested Larry I was able to get the totally dead battery to
take a charge using an old fashioned, not fully automatic charger.
Thanks for the suggestion!

Great! Works quite often. I wonder how many recoverable batteries got
trashed because of the computerized battery chargers....and what the
motivation is making them the way they are.....sales?

Also, I picked up one of those 1.5A bricks you suggested. The one I
found was a Schumacher Model WM-1562A. About $15. Similar to the one
you suggested except it's rectangular, and has a 6/12V switch. The
switch is useless to me, but oh well. All the other features are
exactly as you mentioned.
Thanks again!



I found it on Ebay. The dealer wanted $42 so you did well...(c;

It's much larger than mine....but does the same thing.

Glad it worked out for you. Hope the battery will stay up WITHOUT the
charger hooked to it, now. Leave the battery sitting without the charger
for a full week then let's see if it will take a load like it should.
That'll be the key...




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