Do this unit connect directly to the battery with alligator clips, or is a charge regulator necessary? I will be using to charge a single 12v battery.
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This unit does directly link onto batteries, however you would still need a charge controller.
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It comes with mc4 connectors on the leads. I know it shows all the other wires in the picture but the newer panel just comes with the 2 (-) and (+) leads. Yes, you will need a solar controller if you are hooking this panel to a battery. The controller regulates voltage into the battery to prevent overcharging and a good controller will automatically disconnect if the voltage gets too low.
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That IS the battery charger. Use a cord with 2 prong plug and big enough clips on other end to clamp on battery terminals. Be sure to check for proper polarity--+/-
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not knowing what your workink with leaves one scratching there HEAD ! do you relize you can styart a fire under the hood or where everyour battery is located... use the ring or have a machic do the job THE RIGHT WAY. don't try and CUT corners it will cost lives note here ! Alligator CLIPS are for quick test only. remember that !!! and REMEMBER. a BATTERY is A BOMB... ! it will BLOW up if an ARK Cross's it it
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This model did not come with an adapter. The alligator clips only work on the car battery. I wouldn't recommend hooking them up to the cigarette lighter fuse. Hope that helps. Good Luck. It's a great little machine and pumps fast even when the car is turned off.
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Yes, the charge controller will automatically bind to the single 12 volt battery, with appropriate charge from a 24 volt panel.
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If you're just hooking up one 6W panel to a 12V automotive battery, you shouldn't need a regulator, as the panel won't over-charge the battery. You shouldn't need a regulator unless you move up to a larger panel.
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It doesn't matter which means you use to connect the charger to the battery, whichever is most convenient for you, either the alligator clips or the eyelet connector for hard wiring to the vehicle. Once connected the charger automatically charges, then maintains the battery, so you can, and should, leave it hooked up until you want to use the vehicle again. Leaving the charger on the battery should extend the life of the battery.
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No. Just hook it up directly to the 12volt battery posts. I have owned mine for some time now and it works very well to keep my RV auxilliary battery charged.
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Yes. You connect the battery with the charge controller. This is only for 12Volt battery. If you have 24volts, you will need to replace the charge controller with a MPPT one.
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You will need a separate adapter, they come with alligator clips and cigarette lighter plug style
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There are a couple methods that will work. The first is to attach battery clips to the panel cord, then when needed clip onto the battery. This is simple but you always need to make sure the polarity is correct and when not attached it would be good to not let the clips touch so the panel isn't shorted. Another method would be to purchase a mating set of 2 pin flat connectors. These are similar to the 4 pin connectors used to connect a trailer to a car. Connect one to the battery (best if the exposed pin is connected to minus). Connect the other to the panel (exposed pin connected to plus). Now you just have to mate the connector and there is no chance of a short. Regards
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The Battery Tenders that I have purchased have a couple wiring harnesses included. The first set has alligator clips and the second connect permanently to the battery posts. The opposite end of the harnesses have a polarized plug that connects to the Tender so you can't get it backwards. Just connect whichever harness you choose to the battery and the other end to the Tender and plug the tender in to a 120V outlet. Very easy and virtually fool proof.Hope this answers your question!
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I believe it has a regulator built in and should come with a special cord to charge standard car batteries. However both are very simple and without constant attention and checks could easily damage electronics and batteries alike. I strongly recommend plugging it directly into some sort of additional regulator/battery charger... particularly one with a good warranty. The generator is also not particularly hardy and lacks some basic yet crucial care & maintenance steps common to all generators. Do not use if this is your first generator!
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Jedi, Thank you for your message. This battery is usually charged with a 12V 1 or 2 Amp charger, that you plug into the wall and connect the alligator clips to the terminals on the battery. Please let me know if there is anything else we can assist you with.
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Most vehicles use a negative ground. In general, when servicing a battery, you should always disconnect the ground side first. That way, if your wrench slips and you hit part of the vehicle, you'll just be connecting the ground side of the battery to the ground of the vehicle, which causes no harm. If you slipped when loosening the positive post, and the ground was still connected, you could connect the positive terminal of the battery to the ground, which would cause arcing, or worse. So, because of that safety issue, people always disconnect the ground side first, and switches like this are usually placed on the ground side. Disconnecting either battery terminal will stop the battery from charging, since you no longer have a complete circuit through the battery. If you leave your RV plugged in constantly, and leave the battery connected continuously, be sure that your RV's battery charger is well regulated. (Although, perhaps that's why you wanted this switch in the first place-to prevent your charger from overcharging the RV battery.) Handy Bob's Blog, HandyBobSolar, has a big page of good information about RV battery charging. It's the page entitled "The RV Battery Charging Puzzle". I think I'm not allowed to insert links here, so you'll need to Google for it. Handy Bob says the biggest problem with typical RV converters is that some of them never get the batteries fully charged, even if left plugged in 24 hrs/day. Handy Bob goes on to suggest buying a large automotive battery charger, one that puts out 25 amps, and use that a few hours each day. That sounds like overcharging to me, but he's the authority here. Personally, I use a smart charger to top off my batteries, and I generally disconnect them from the vehicle before charging, and it's a low-amperage charger, as well. Mine's the 7 Amp NOCO Genius charger, and I think it's sufficient, but I'm only charging medium-sized batteries one at a time.
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The charging unit is 12 volt. I believe you can connect 2 6 volt batteries in series and connect the 12 volt regulator to it successfully. 6 volt golf cart batteries are quite popular to use as power storage.
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By that I guess you mean ones that this charger was not designed to work with right? Well, that is a little tricky based on what you are trying to charge. If it is a commercial battery for a drill, you can get something similar to this if you just type the drill's name or model. You don't have to worry about typing the specific battery model number or the specific charger model number and you will see a few results for just the charger mixed in with the results. I typed craftsman 19v and found this one. If you are trying to charge something else or another tool or battery by another manufacturer and you don't know exactly what you are doing, you are asking for trouble but I will give you a few tips. 1) Lithium ion batteries are ticking time bombs. They will explode if over charged with too much voltage or current. 2) LiPo will explode if wrong polarity is used. 3) Most of them have protections from the things that make them explode and some even have them per cell. Some of them though rely on the charger to be smart enough not to over charge and have odd terminals so you can't charge it in any other charger. 4) They all operate in series and some, like this one, even charge in series. Thus with a multimeter, find the polarity of the battery you want to charge and the approximate voltage (I.e. if you have a 24 volt battery and it has 4 terminals and per two terminals you find that they are 10 volts each when low on charge then one can assume that you have 2 sets of 12 volt batteries in a series) then just get some alligator clips and clip them to another power source or power adapter of the same voltage and then sawpt them between the series. One time I really needed a device and I forgot the charger and I did this by connecting the alligator clips to my car for 30 mins then I swapped them to the other terminals for 30 mins too and it got me out of trouble. Just be really careful not to overcharge. Hope this helps.