Keep Optimum Battery Performance With Leisure Battery Chargers

By Author: Ivan Cuxeva Jr
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Leisure battery chargers are those devices used to keep a car, motorcycle and other vehicles charged and working at it's best. There is a wide range of batteries in the market as there are chargers available, the best way to select a good charger for your battery is by knowing some basic information about the battery, power availability and the purpose of the vehicle.

Batteries can use gel cells, wet cell which are also known as flooded batteries, absorbed glass mat also called AGM, valve regulated lead acid or VRLA and even maintenance free. As time goes by and technology improves new materials and configurations are used to produce batteries for different types of vehicles but for general purposes we can take these materials and configurations as a good example. It is always a good practice to read the specifications straight from the battery you are trying to charge.

After you have figured out the battery type you have then there is another piece of information you will need such as it's power specifications, some people refer to this specs as the "size" of the battery so don't get confused when asked this tricky ...
... question. According to the vehicle type you will have different power levels which are expressed in terms of "Amps-hours" and "Volts" These numbers will give you a clear idea of the charger you will need, for instance if your battery is rated at 120 Amp hours and you use a 10 Amp charger it might take you around 11-13 hours to completely charge it, if you were to have a 50 amp hour battery it would take you around 5-6 hours to complete charge it using the very same charger.

Today's leisure chargers are smart and have been built to be compatible with a wide range of battery types and power so matching yours to the right charging device shouldn't be a problem. The next factor for you to consider is the power availability, some people simply don't have a power plug in their garage that's why there are other options which have been tested to charge your battery using solar power, these chargers are quite different from the traditional ones since they provide a flat panel which is weather proof and can gather as much energy as required through its surface, even on cloudy days.

Other devices will let you keep the battery in place (instead of unhooking it) and charge it where it is, these are referred to as chargers and conditioners. They have been designed to provide complete protection against reverse connection and short circuits and can be left connected as they change to pulse conditioning mode after the battery has been fully charged, these are a great option if you have vehicles you don't use very often but want to keep fully operational.

As you see leisure battery chargers can provide all the power you need and can also keep your vehicles functional even if you don't use them very often.