SLA Charging

In article said:

Can anyone point me towards a decent charger for my Cat-eye lamp set up?
Something I know won't bugger up the battery 🙂. Float charging is it
called?

www.maplin.co.uk

Take a look under Electrical -> Batteries and Chargers -> Sealed Lead
Acid Battery Charger for a "Three Stage" charger that suits the rating
of your battery.

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On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 18:29:47 +0100 someone who may be "Doki"
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

Can anyone point me towards a decent charger for my Cat-eye lamp set up?
Something I know won't bugger up the battery 🙂. Float charging is it
called?

Try Maplin and similar outfits.

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Mike Quin said:

In article said:

Can anyone point me towards a decent charger for my Cat-eye lamp set
up? Something I know won't bugger up the battery 🙂. Float charging
is it called?

www.maplin.co.uk

Take a look under Electrical -> Batteries and Chargers -> Sealed Lead
Acid Battery Charger for a "Three Stage" charger that suits the rating
of your battery.

A three stage costs more than the lights did though. And twice what a
replacement battery costs. Granted, if I blow up a battery with a cheap
charger, I've not saved much. Are the constant voltage ones ok, or are they
basically the same as what cat-eye supply? What's the difference between two
stage and three stage?

Doki vaguely muttered something like ...

Quoted message said:

Mike Quin said:

In article said:

Can anyone point me towards a decent charger for my Cat-eye lamp set
up? Something I know won't bugger up the battery 🙂. Float charging
is it called?

www.maplin.co.uk

Take a look under Electrical -> Batteries and Chargers -> Sealed Lead
Acid Battery Charger for a "Three Stage" charger that suits the rating
of your battery.

A three stage costs more than the lights did though. And twice what a
replacement battery costs. Granted, if I blow up a battery with a cheap
charger, I've not saved much. Are the constant voltage ones ok, or are
they basically the same as what cat-eye supply?

Effectively the same thing.

Quoted message said:

What's the difference
between two stage and three stage?

A two stage has a high and low current charge rate, and drops from one to
the other during a charge cycle. A three stage might have three distinct
stages, as per a two stage, but could also be a standard two stage, with a
third stage that sends a small discharge pulse to 'normalise' the cells in
the battery pack. It would depend on which particular charger you refere
to.

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On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 18:29:47 +0100, "Doki" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Can anyone point me towards a decent charger for my Cat-eye lamp set up?
Something I know won't bugger up the battery 🙂. Float charging is it
called?

Have a look around this site www.myra-simon.com/bike/links.html there
used to be step by step guide to making your own SLA battery charger.

Cheers

Richard

Please remove THIS if replying

Richard M said:

On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 18:29:47 +0100, "Doki" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Can anyone point me towards a decent charger for my Cat-eye lamp set up?
Something I know won't bugger up the battery 🙂. Float charging is it
called?

Have a look around this site www.myra-simon.com/bike/links.html there
used to be step by step guide to making your own SLA battery charger.

Cheers

Richard

Please remove THIS if replying

Here is the proper link www.myra-simon.com/bike/charger.html

Richard