6V battery charging issues - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

jorluivil · 05-21-2010, 08:04 AM

I just checked the battery and it's at 7.14v but the charger does not indicate a full charge. The paperwork for the charger indicates that the Output Current Rating for 6v is 1.5a with a Maximum Charge Voltage of 7.4v for a 6v battery. Obviously, I've reached the MCV but the charger does not indicate a full charge. I'm confident that I have a good battery so I'm wondering if I should take the charger back and get a better one.

Fiskadoro · 05-21-2010, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by jorluivil

I just checked the battery and it's at 7.14v but the charger does not indicate a full charge. The paperwork for the charger indicates that the Output Current Rating for 6v is 1.5a with a Maximum Charge Voltage of 7.4v for a 6v battery. Obviously, I've reached the MCV but the charger does not indicate a full charge. I'm confident that I have a good battery so I'm wondering if I should take the charger back and get a better one.

The problem is with the charger..it is not recognizing that the battery's charged..

Think about this a minute.. two mechanical objects: one is simple, one is complex.. Which is more likely to malfunction well... the complex one.

The real question is....Is it continuing to charge the battery after it's fully charged?

Sounds like it is and that is bad news.. You can still use the charger like a manual charger check the voltage and disconnect it when it's done, but just don't expect it's automatic settings to work...

jorluivil · 05-21-2010, 04:15 PM

SURPRISE SURPRISE SURPRISE!!!!!

I got home and found that the charger finally indicated a full charge. I ran my bait pump (Tsunami T500) for about 20min and put the battery back on the charger, a few minutes later it indicated that it was fully charged. Not to happy with the fact that it took almost two days to charge so I'll be returning the charger for something better.........any suggestions?

05-21-2010, 08:04 AM	#1
jorluivil Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 6,856	I just checked the battery and it's at 7.14v but the charger does not indicate a full charge. The paperwork for the charger indicates that the Output Current Rating for 6v is 1.5a with a Maximum Charge Voltage of 7.4v for a 6v battery. Obviously, I've reached the MCV but the charger does not indicate a full charge. I'm confident that I have a good battery so I'm wondering if I should take the charger back and get a better one.

05-21-2010, 04:15 PM	#3
jorluivil Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 6,856	SURPRISE SURPRISE SURPRISE!!!!! I got home and found that the charger finally indicated a full charge. I ran my bait pump (Tsunami T500) for about 20min and put the battery back on the charger, a few minutes later it indicated that it was fully charged. Not to happy with the fact that it took almost two days to charge so I'll be returning the charger for something better.........any suggestions?