[Alpines] Battery chargers

[Mary and Ron Tebo]

Andy:
Have you switched the units to see if you get the same result with the 
other charger? This would tell you whether the charger or the battery  
is responsible.
I use an automatic charger, but it's one of the larger units which has 
an ammeter showing the state o charge. I don't think this is normal, and 
I would suggest you download the maufacturer's manual (if you don't have 
one) and / or contact the seller (The Chinese manual on my charger was 
so inadequate, due to poor translation and brevity, that I downloaded a 
manual from another manfacturer that was more detailed and complete). 
Here's a link.
http://www.battery-chargers.com/chgrpic.htm

Ron Tebo

awtiger wrote:
> Hey, fellas:
>
> Got a question for those of you who use battery chargers.  I've got a couple
> of "Battery Tender Plus" units for my Tiger and my Alpine.  I hooked them up
> last night after having them off the cars for the last month and the one on
> the Tiger did exactly what it was supposed to do.  The one on the Alpine,
> however, still shows a steady red light (which, according to the instructions,
> means the battery is not charged yet) and the unit is very hot to the touch.
>
> I know for a fact that the battery was not that low on the Alpine.  I keep the
> quick-connect charging pigtails on both cars at all times and nothing has
> changed on either car since the last time they were on the chargers.  The
> thing that worries me about it is the fact that the Alpine's charger is very
> hot.  Is this normal?  I sure don't want to burn down my shop and the two
> cars!!!!!
>
> Thanks,
> Andy Walker
> Edmond, OK
> B382001600LRXFE (TAC #740)
> B9006857LRX