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Hi Eric
My car battery died after I was repairing a broken piston ring and a couple of other things. In other words I replaced half the motor because I used the mentality of:”Since I’m here I might as well…..”. Anyway, I’ve got a small trickle charger which I think is more for motorcycle baby batteries. It charges the car battery but it takes so long the apocalypse might be upon us before the battery is full. After reading up on battery chargers, it seems like the regular chargers work fine but is not that great for your battery. My question is, what is better? Trickle or regular chargers? And if you do get a regular charger, what stats do I look for? 4Amp, 6Amp?
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First and the most important thing is you should choose the correct car charger.
Lead-acid car batteries are charged in three stages, namely: constant current, constant voltage and floating charge. When selecting a charger for your car’s battery, pick one that provides the specified charging current and voltage appropriate to the battery type.
Other types such as absorbed glass mat, gel, and flooded battery also have different charging requirements that enable them to provide good service life and optimum performance.
I’ve got the info from those sites, you might refer to those if you’re interested.https://philkotse.com/car-maintenance/handy-tips-on-how-to-charge-and-maintain-car-battery-properly-5365
https://www.readersdigest.ca/cars/maintenance/dead-car-battery/
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