A car charger is a versatile and useful item for a workshop or garage. With its help, you can not only charge the battery, but also start the car. Each of the chargers has its own shape and size. For example, small and lightweight chargers (chargers) are perfect for unexpected situations when the battery is dead and it needs to be quickly charged to the very end. But there are chargers of very large sizes, which are located on wheels and are used in technical centers and workshops.
Instructions
Step 1
The variety of batteries is great, but chargers for them are not suitable for all types. Therefore, it is necessary to accurately determine the type of battery, whether dry-charged or flooded, maintenance-free or serviceable, helium-cell or lead-acid battery with a control valve.
Step 2
After that, it is recommended to look at the electrical volume of the battery, which characterizes the amount of current delivered by the battery over a period of time. Depending on this criterion, it is necessary to select a memory of a certain power. For example, for an empty 50 amp hour battery, a 10 amp charger is suitable. And in six hours of charging, you get a fully charged battery. The same charger will fully charge a 100 amp-hour battery in 11 hours. For such calculations, you just need to divide the battery capacity by the memory power and add 10% to the result. The conclusion is simple: for faster charging, it is recommended to use more powerful chargers.
Step 3
Now you should choose a convenient type of charger operation: from a cigarette lighter, from a network or from a solar battery. In addition to convenience, when choosing, it should be borne in mind that solar panels can be carried with you and do not need to be connected anywhere, which will exclude the occurrence of emergency situations, but they charge more slowly; The charger from the cigarette lighter is quickly charged, some even have regulators, but at the same time they can recharge the battery, so they need strict control when charging; and network chargers are easy to use and easy to use, the only thing is that to connect them you need to have electricity at hand and an outlet.
Step 4
Of the newest types of chargers for a car battery, we can consider chargers with a chip that allows you to control charging and even test the battery for recharging level. Its special indicator is very handy in such cases.
