Trickle Charger, good or not?

[nexis420]

Is this:
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brow...11544P/Motomaster+Trickle+Battery+Charger.jsp

a good trickle charger for my seadoo battery, 07 seadoo GTI SE
thanks for your help

 

[kustomkarl]

Any trickle charger is a good thing. Just remember to either remove the battery from the seadoo, or disconnect the battery wires and charge it in a well ventilated area with the seat off.

Karl

 

[Jaz]

I have a question pertaining to this. I had irresponsibly left my battery in my '97 Sea-Doo GTX in and attached over the winter in my garage (last time that'll happen). I hooked it up to a trickle charger and the charger started making this bizarre clicking noise that I had never heard before. I read the manual to troubleshoot. Turns out that the charger won't charge a battery if it has gotten below 4 volts. I don't know if that and the clicking noise are related though.

I don't have a volt meter (the next on my list of purchases), so I couldn't tell if has fallen below the 4 volt threshold. Anyways, I then tried using a regular full size battery charger on it, setting it to 6 amps/12 volts. It didn't register any voltage. I checked it a couple of hours later, no reading. I then allowed it to charge overnight. The next morning, nada. Am I doing something wrong that you guys can think of? Or, can a battery drain completely and when that happens is it no longer possible to charge it?

To add, I checked the fluid levels in the battery and they seemed fine.

Thanks for your help guys, though I didn't get any answers to my question in this thread:

http://www.seadooforum.com/showpost.php?p=68062&postcount=6

I would really appreciate any help you guys can give.

 

[jords]

I have the one step lower trickle charger then the one you are looking at and it is awesome...............0 complaints

 

[kustomkarl]

Bring the batteries to Auto Zone and have them load checked for free.They might not come back due to being totally drained.

Karl

 

[Kevin3151]

You could try a high amperage charge (at least 50 amps) for a bit to see if you can break through the sulfated plates and then once it starts taking a charge turn it down to 2 amps or so. In my experience, the battery will never be the same again and should be replaced.

KH

 

[peridot0283]

I have a question pertaining to this. I had irresponsibly left my battery in my '97 Sea-Doo GTX in and attached over the winter in my garage (last time that'll happen). I hooked it up to a trickle charger and the charger started making this bizarre clicking noise that I had never heard before. I read the manual to troubleshoot. Turns out that the charger won't charge a battery if it has gotten below 4 volts. I don't know if that and the clicking noise are related though.

I don't have a volt meter (the next on my list of purchases), so I couldn't tell if has fallen below the 4 volt threshold. Anyways, I then tried using a regular full size battery charger on it, setting it to 6 amps/12 volts. It didn't register any voltage. I checked it a couple of hours later, no reading. I then allowed it to charge overnight. The next morning, nada. Am I doing something wrong that you guys can think of? Or, can a battery drain completely and when that happens is it no longer possible to charge it?

To add, I checked the fluid levels in the battery and they seemed fine.

Thanks for your help guys, though I didn't get any answers to my question in this thread:

http://www.seadooforum.com/showpost.php?p=68062&postcount=6

I would really appreciate any help you guys can give.

The clicking noise is the charger telling you that it is "resetting" basically meaning it did not take the charge and it's going to try again. I ran into that also and had to replace the batter (after I took it in and they told me it was useless). The clicking noise is normal once every hour or so while charging, but consistent clicking indicates that it is not taking a charge (according to my charger instructions..) Hope that helps.

 

[Jaz]

Hope that helps.

Extremely...thanks!

 

[Chester]

Is this:
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brow...11544P/Motomaster+Trickle+Battery+Charger.jsp

a good trickle charger for my seadoo battery, 07 seadoo GTI SE
thanks for your help

That should be a good one and it's automatic. Stay away from the manual ones.

Chester

 

[Chester]

I have a question pertaining to this. I had irresponsibly left my battery in my '97 Sea-Doo GTX in and attached over the winter in my garage (last time that'll happen). I hooked it up to a trickle charger and the charger started making this bizarre clicking noise that I had never heard before. I read the manual to troubleshoot. Turns out that the charger won't charge a battery if it has gotten below 4 volts. I don't know if that and the clicking noise are related though.

I don't have a volt meter (the next on my list of purchases), so I couldn't tell if has fallen below the 4 volt threshold. Anyways, I then tried using a regular full size battery charger on it, setting it to 6 amps/12 volts. It didn't register any voltage. I checked it a couple of hours later, no reading. I then allowed it to charge overnight. The next morning, nada. Am I doing something wrong that you guys can think of? Or, can a battery drain completely and when that happens is it no longer possible to charge it?

To add, I checked the fluid levels in the battery and they seemed fine.

Thanks for your help guys, though I didn't get any answers to my question in this thread:

http://www.seadooforum.com/showpost.php?p=68062&postcount=6

I would really appreciate any help you guys can give.

Hook it up in parallel to another battery (that's not dead) and to the charger. After a few hours, remove the good battery and continue charging the dead battery. If the dead battery isn't sulfated, it will take a charge this way.

Chester

 

[Jaz]

Hook it up in parallel to another battery (that's not dead) and to the charger. After a few hours, remove the good battery and continue charging the dead battery. If the dead battery isn't sulfated, it will take a charge this way.

Chester

That's fascinating! Thanks

 

[Bay Cruiser]

Any trickle charger is a good thing. Just remember to either remove the battery from the seadoo, or disconnect the battery wires and charge it in a well ventilated area with the seat off.

Karl

Hi I have just purchased a Sea Doo that came with a battery trickle charger that has been hard wired to the battery with a plug to disconnect the trickle charger. The previous owner plugged this in when not using the Ski but he didn’t disconnect the battery. Does this need to be done, as it is not easy to get to the terminals every time I use the ski.

 

[jhjesse]

I have a trickle chargers installed on both of my 94 SPX's. I just disconnect the neg. battery cable and plug the charger in on the rare occasion that it is needed.
I haven't done it yet to my 99GTX, but I have purchased one for it. Winter project.:cheers:

 

[Bay Cruiser]

Thanks, I just wanted to know what you guys do as the manual for my trickle charge and my other charger that has a float charge both say just connect with nothing about disconnecting the battery