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davidbr13 · 08-09-10, 05:09 PM

Hi, Daox. I got three of those for my elec-trak ("battery defender pro" at batterymart). They seem to work as advertised, but they get unbelievably hot during use (too hot to touch)! Also, my flooded batteries don't get quite to the 14.5V trip point at which they switch to float voltage. They get up to about 14.45-14.47, and sit there and cook at 3A for as long as you leave it plugged in. The three amps is just not enough to kick it over to float stage for batteries this big (It seems the chargers are NOT temperature compensated).

If you are using 12V batteries instead of pairs of 6V batteries like I have, you may be OK. Also, if you use sealed batteries, you will likely be OK, since they seem to get a little higher more easily.

08-09-10, 05:09 PM	#175
davidbr13 Lurking Renovator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi, Daox. I got three of those for my elec-trak ("battery defender pro" at batterymart). They seem to work as advertised, but they get unbelievably hot during use (too hot to touch)! Also, my flooded batteries don't get quite to the 14.5V trip point at which they switch to float voltage. They get up to about 14.45-14.47, and sit there and cook at 3A for as long as you leave it plugged in. The three amps is just not enough to kick it over to float stage for batteries this big (It seems the chargers are NOT temperature compensated). If you are using 12V batteries instead of pairs of 6V batteries like I have, you may be OK. Also, if you use sealed batteries, you will likely be OK, since they seem to get a little higher more easily.