Battery Chargers - Technical discussion

[killramos]

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Just got a new one from Costco. $115 for the same CCA as the much higher priced Can.Tire Eliminator ones ($150)

Hate to bump a sortof irrelevant thread but does costco require a core deposit?

Battery in my ford is toast after sitting for winter ( my, well my wifes, fault - so still my fault ) and i was hoping to go pick up a new one here. Costco Batteries sound ideal.

Would rather make one trip though so I was wondering if I should pull the toast battery first. Their website info for batteries is literally shit.

[relyt92]

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Hate to bump a sortof irrelevant thread but does costco require a core deposit?

Battery in my ford is toast after sitting for winter ( my, well my wifes, fault - so still my fault ) and i was hoping to go pick up a new one here. Costco Batteries sound ideal.

Would rather make one trip though so I was wondering if I should pull the toast battery first. Their website info for batteries is literally shit.

I'm almost certain they charge a core.

[killramos]

Thanks. No harm in bringing it either way I guess.

[mzdspd]

10$ core at Costco..

[ThePenIsMightier]

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I'm almost certain they charge a core.

They do.

[ExtraSlow]

Core charge is mandatory from government.

[HHURICANE1]

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Core charge is mandatory from government.

Not true. GM doesn't charge core on its batteries.

[ExtraSlow]

Old thread bump, but it's my thread so YOLO or yeet or whatever the fuck kids say. new truck has AGM, and start-stop, and a battery-management-system (BMS) and stories of battery issues. So I'm coming back to my theory that even "normal" vehicles probably benefit from regular charging. So, thinking that for ease of use, I could wire up an on-board charger, and then in winter, plug in the charger and block heater on a timer that starts sometime overnight, and battery would be in tip-top shape.

Then I go down the rabbit hole of on-board chargers that are best for AGM, and I look at the price of those, and well, then I post a thread about it.

So, hai guise! whatcha think?

[killramos]

Pretty sure you know what you are doing on this one?

My preference is CTEK, I know you like NOCO’s (to be fair I have one of their jump packs and it’s pretty good).

I don’t think AGM charging is a particularly odd feature on any modern charger, lithium a different story.

[ExtraSlow]

Sometimes you ask a question not because you don't know the answer, but because it needs to be asked.

[mr2mike]

Hard wire the ctek adapter to your posts. Plug in when you get home.

Can't use a timer with a ctek as far as I can tell because it will not turn on to the charge mode you last selected.

I prefer the 7k rpm charging method.

[Thaco]

buy Costco batteries, i love their no questions asked warranty, you can abuse the shit out of the battery and even if it only lasts a year, they give you a refund no questions asked and no testing and you buy a new one.

(*guess i was replying to the old part of the thread, meh, still applies.)

[killramos]

Your truck should have 2, 3 batteries minimum.

[A2VR6]

My Noco has a AGM setting, i think most of them have this setting.

[ExtraSlow]

What's funny is that not all noco seem to have that button.
Particularly the newest generation. . Have they gotten smarter, or dumber?

[benyl]

CT had a sale on Noco a few weeks ago and I picked one up for my jalopy. I also picked up a tester which is basically a coil cook top burner. lol.

I grabbed a noco genius 5 that has an AGM setting.

What I actually need is a battery conditioner for 6V batteries that go into my lawn mower.

[Thaco]

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CT had a sale on Noco a few weeks ago and I picked one up for my jalopy. I also picked up a tester which is basically a coil cook top burner. lol.

I grabbed a noco genius 5 that has an AGM setting.

What I actually need is a battery conditioner for 6V batteries that go into my lawn mower.

should have bought the noco10, it has AGM and 6v, and its on sale right now for $130 at CT (*scratch that, doesn't look like it has 6v reconditioning, that's odd...)

[benyl]

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should have bought the noco10, it has AGM and 6v, and its on sale right now for $130 at CT (*scratch that, doesn't look like it has 6v reconditioning, that's odd...)

yeah, I would have, but without 6v reconditioning, the 5 does what I need it to. I don't need 12V power.

[Ekliptix]

Related, I picked up 2 of these at CT, on sale. I think $45 each. I like the 6A power (for a battery tender), and the automatic features.
https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/m...-0111965p.html

[The_Rural_Juror]

I guess I could sell my used once battery charger since I don't need it anymore. Will post in the marketplace later.