Andy <
[email protected]> wrote
> >Looking at getting myself a charger but the ones I have seen all say upto
> >2000cc. Why is there a cc rating on a charger and can I use them on a 2.25
> >or a 2.5 landrover?
>
> as far as im aware, it doesnt matter what size of battery your
> charging,
>
> Andy
AFAIK, a battery is a battery, no matter what size of engine it is
connected to. I can only assume that the manufacturers produce
light-duty and heavy-duty chargers (based on charging amps), and deem
the heavy-duty ones to be more suitable for the bigger batteries that
larger engines will require. The 2000cc limit is presumably
completely arbitrary. A small battery charger on a large battery will
just take longer, that's all. As Andy says, look for a charger that
will trickle-charge at a couple of amps and then shut off, or deliver
a float charge, when the battery is fully charged. You are more
likely to get a decent one at a motor factors. Halfords did one a
couple of years ago that looked brilliant value, but simply didn't
work. I took it back to exchange it and was told that they had a bad
batch - none of the ones in stock could be guaranteed to work. Have a
full refund, Sir. At least they were honest!
Rich
