Trickle charger quick release ideas...

[Jonesy68]

So after fitting the new Fogstar battery I bought a trickle charger the keep it topped up. I have a lead connected to the battery coming out of the back of the seat base and wanted a way to be able to easily connect it while it's on the drive.
The Fogstar charger comes with O-Ring connecters and if I remove those and I have an issue with it at some point it needs to be returned in its original state.
My plan was to add a 12awg XT60 connecter to both sides with a fuse the trickle charge side.
Now is there an easy/safe way to keep the O-rings or should I just hope it never plays up and needs to be sent back....

 

[Dellmassive]

Just remember to add a fuse to the battery terminal side...

So that the xt60 link cable is protected against any issues.

 

[Dellmassive]

What rate charger is it?

Those cables look beefy.

 

[Dellmassive]

More info...

Thread 'Battery Chargers - How I Did It -'

7 Feb 2019

Battery Chargers - How I Did It -


So its that time of year again, cold, rainy. . . . . . . flat battery =[


This time we look at Battery Chargers.

Our vans will most likely come with a AGM style starter battery, for this type of battery we need a "Smart Charger" . . . . but what does this mean?

well, chargers of old were of the constant voltage constant current type affair.


They would put out 13.8v at say 5amps and that was it . . . . . . . .


Modern AGM batteries need a much smarter way of being charged properly.


Here’s an extract from OPTIMA:


Here are a couple of things to...

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[Jonesy68]

What rate charger is it?

Those cables look beefy.

It's a 20amp, the cables have plastic conduit on them that's why they look so thick.
So fuse the battery side rather than the charger side?

 

[Dellmassive]

Battery side...yes

To protect the cable when the charger is disconnected. In the event of that cable/connector gets, caught, damaged, crushed, smashed.

Unfused, if damaged it will catch fire.

Safety first !!!

 

[Dellmassive]

Add a fuse as close to the terminal as you can...

Example of the Victron quick disconnect.




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