Chargers

[zamboni]

So I hooked my battery level gauge up to the Aqua-Vu, and it was dead, it hasn't been touched since March. So I hooked a charger up to it and it ran on it for 2 days. Tonight I tested battery again, and it is still dead. I have 2 chargers, so I hooked the other one up, and after a few hours the batteries up to 50%. I must have hooked up the MarCum charger to it initially, does it matter??? Seems like it does now, but I figured they are the same. BTW- neither one says on it what they are for, so I will mark them myself as either a MarCum or Aqua-Vu charger.

[fishingalex]

I didn't think it mattered. I use mine interchangeably all the time. I bought a plug in charger with alligator clips that has a red and green light on the power supply, something the chargers for my other electronics didn't have. The output listed on the power supply is 500mA. I read in one of my manuals not to exceed 2A otherwise you can damage and shorten the life of the battery.

[DTro]

I don't think you can interchange the Marcum and Aqua View chargers. I've done that several times. I think the Aqua View charger has an LED on the transformer and the Marcum doesn't.

[Ed Carlson]

So I hooked my battery level gauge up to the Aqua-Vu, and it was dead, it hasn't been touched since March. So I hooked a charger up to it and it ran on it for 2 days. Tonight I tested battery again, and it is still dead.

It may take up to 6 days to fully recover if it was flat dead, if it will recover. Hook a charger up + to + and - to - with a L*E*D indicator and see what it does in a few days. If the charger feels warm, it's still trying to charge...be patient for a couple of days yet and see.

(In the future try to remember to do quarterly maintenance charging on these batteries in storage.)

[Surface Tension]

Don't use a MarCum charger on anything but a Marcum.

The polarity is reversed.

[Esox_Magnum]

I charge all my batteries with a Marcum charger, LX's have their chargers the rest ( spares and 820) get charged off the 820 charger.

[Fishing Buddy 6]

I tried to charger my hummingbird ice 45 over the summer. When I pluged in the charger (when it was hooked to the battery) the indicator light kept flashing from charged to charging. I thought the battery was dead so I bought a new battery. When I hooked up the new battery the same thing happened. Has anyone else had this problem? Do you think the charger is bad?

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

[south_metro_fish]

I have had the same problem with my Cabelas cam charger. It stays red when the battery needs a charge and starts changing between red and green when it is charged kinda a greenish red. sometimes it stays red till you unplug it and plug it back in and then it goes greenish red. I just need to get a new charger before I fry my battery's.

[slipperybob]

I would get a multimeter and check the voltage on the battery before ruling out a bad charger. Then I'll check the voltage on the battery with the charger hooked up. Check bad battery against a good battery for voltage of charger hooked up.

[Fishing Buddy 6]

Thanks for the reply guys. The problem ended up being the charger. I bought a new one at fleet for 15 dollars and it works great. It even has an indicator light on it to tell when the battery is fully charged.