Deep Cycle Battery Charger Reviews:
What is a deep cycle battery charger? The difference between a deep cycle battery charger and a regular battery charger is that the regular battery charger is designed to send a fixed amount of energy into the battery while charging. So during charging process, you cannot adjust how much energy you are going to send into the battery. But the deep cycle battery charger is designed to be able to send adjustable amounts of energy into the battery, according to each deep cycle battery charging stage. This is essential to maintain your deep cycle battery.
Deep Cycle Battery Charger Price:
Depending on the type of battery charger you choose, the price may vary from $25 all the way to $150. Usually you can find them on Amazon, Walmart, Sears, Home Depot, or Autozone, I would like to show you some of my research results:
How Does A Deep Cycle Battery Work
A battery is one of the most commonly used power storage devices used in our daily lives. For example, the battery in our car, I call it a starter battery (or SLI battery). These batteries are designed to give a short, strong current to start your car engine, and compared with a deep cycle battery, it can export 50% or 100% of the amps at any given time, but only for short bursts. Then after that, the alternator takes its place.
So each time, only a small amount of the power (usually it’s less then 20%) is depleted and then quickly recharged by the alternator of your car. That is why when your car alternator has problems, the automotive battery is not going to last.Soon you will need jumper cables to connect to another car to help jump start your car. Even with a new battery, it will typically last between 100 to 300 charging cycles during its life cycle.
On the other hand, the deep cycle battery pack is designed to provide lower steady current, and can supply between 50% to 80% of its energy over an extended period of time. Unlike a regular car battery, a deep cycle battery is designed to deeply release its power continuously. Usually, it will last between 300 to 1000 charging cycles, much longer than the average battery.
Compared with a starter battery, it can last two or three times as long. But if you constantly consume more than 80% of its capacity, this will also greatly shorten the battery life. In fact, most deep cycle battery failure is caused by overusing the battery without charging it properly. In general, most car or deep cycle batteries are lead-acid batteries, so the same chemistry works for both batteries. The only difference is the plates placed inside of the battery. The regular battery uses lead calcium alloy with thin plates to achieve high ‘Cold Cranking Amp’ (CCA) energy. But, the deep cycle battery uses a lead-antimony alloy with thicker plates to deliver long ‘Reserve Capacity’ (RC) energy.
How Does a Deep Cycle Battery Charger Work?
In general, when you connect the battery to the deep cycle battery charger, the charger begins its deep cycle battery charging process. First, is the bulk charging stage. At this stage, the charger acts like a regular charger, continually injecting big amounts of energy into the battery, (usually between 10.5v to 15v). The goal of this stage is to charge the battery 80% to 90% full. Then, the battery charger moves to the next absorption charging stage.
Schumacher Fully Automatic Charger
Schumacher 1500A SpeedCharge Charger
Battery Tender Plus 12V Battery ChargerAfter that, the charger moves to the last float charging stage. At this time, the battery is full, so the charger begins to decrease the amount of energy that goes through the battery. That’s usually around 12.8v to 13.2v and we also call it the deep cycle battery trickle charge. This stage keeps the battery full, and prevents the battery from discharging, ultimately extending the battery life. Because of that, people also refer to it as a deep cycle battery maintenance charger or deep cycle battery charger maintainer.
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