Omega Owners Forum

Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: fcc-pt on 20 January 2016, 16:31:30

Title: Battery Charger?
Post by: fcc-pt on 20 January 2016, 16:31:30: Hi, according to battery charger specs some may not be suitable to my battery.
My battery specs are: 12 V 74A 850AH.

Which one should I get?
Title: Re: Battery Charger?
Post by: TheBoy on 20 January 2016, 17:29:03: I suspect your battery is actually:

12v, 74Ah, with an 850A cranking capability. Most car battery chargers should be fine.
Title: Re: Battery Charger?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 20 January 2016, 17:32:25: Battery charger specs are designed to make you go and buy a bigger charger.

They all do the same job. A smaller one will take longer to charge a bigger battery and vice versa, but anything will do the job.
Title: Re: Battery Charger?
Post by: fcc-pt on 20 January 2016, 18:54:32: Quote from: Kevin Wood on 20 January 2016, 17:32:25
Battery charger specs are designed to make you go and buy a bigger charger.

They all do the same job. A smaller one will take longer to charge a bigger battery and vice versa, but anything will do the job.

I wasn't sure but now I get it :D it makes sense apart from voltage 6/12/24 ...
So, I can think of a battery as a bucket. If larger then it takes more water, if the tap provides constant amount of water then it will fill a small bucket in less time then a larger one.
Thank you guys :D
Title: Re: Battery Charger?
Post by: Gaffers on 20 January 2016, 19:00:25: I'm just contemplating how you would fit an 850AH battery in to a miggy :P
Title: Re: Battery Charger?
Post by: fcc-pt on 20 January 2016, 19:13:12: Quote from: Guffer on 20 January 2016, 19:00:25
I'm just contemplating how you would fit an 850AH battery in to a miggy :P

Mine says:

74Amps and 850Amps per Hour :)
Title: Re: Battery Charger?
Post by: Ever Ready on 20 January 2016, 19:27:44: Quote from: Guffer on 20 January 2016, 19:00:25
I'm just contemplating how you would fit an 850AH battery in to a miggy :P

Might manage to squeeze it into the boot ;D ;D
Title: Re: Battery Charger?
Post by: Keith ABS on 20 January 2016, 20:52:35: Not a problem if its an estate, loads of room ;D ;D

Keith ABS
Title: Re: Battery Charger?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 20 January 2016, 20:55:33: Quote from: Guffer on 20 January 2016, 19:00:25
I'm just contemplating how you would fit an 850AH battery in to a miggy :P

Same way as in your milk float? ;)
Title: Re: Battery Charger?
Post by: fcc-pt on 20 January 2016, 21:30:05: Quote from: Kevin Wood on 20 January 2016, 20:55:33
Quote from: Guffer on 20 January 2016, 19:00:25
I'm just contemplating how you would fit an 850AH battery in to a miggy :P

Same way as in your milk float? ;)

I haven't made any changes it fits original :)
Title: Re: Battery Charger?
Post by: Bigron on 20 January 2016, 23:49:54: Stop pulling the OP's wire and tell him what the joke is!

Ron.
Title: Re: Battery Charger?
Post by: aaronjb on 21 January 2016, 11:51:11: An 850Ah (Amp Hour) lead acid battery is roughly half a metre by half a metre by a quarter of a metre in size (google one up).

Car batteries are small in Ah capacity (e.g. 75Ah) and high in Cold Cranking Amps (e.g. 850CCA).

Just call me the joke killer.