Vexilar Charger Emergency

[JigginIsLife]

Hey guys, I CANNOT find my vexi charger and i leave for LOTW tomorrow night. What I need from you guys, is if anyone can direct me to the link of the video of the HOW-TO make your own vexi charger with another type of charge, basically what I'm looking for is some direction on what types of chargers can be switched over and be used for a vexi charger... any help is greatly appreciated!!!

[tonykummrow]

a 1.5 or 2 amp motorcycle battery charger/ maintainer will work. a buddy has been charging his with a 2 amp charger all winter and no problems yet.

[gonehunting]

There must be a retailer or bait shop on the way to LOW that would have one for you. Maybe I read this wrong and you are fishing tomorrow. In that case in an emergency pull a battery out of an underwater camera or find a buddy that would borrow you a battery until you can get a charger.

[LMITOUT]

http://www.hotspotoutdoors.com/forum/ubb...r_C#Post2404850

[eurolarva]

Or go to Fleet farm or wall mart and buy a 12 dc transformer. Make sure it is DC not AC. You might even have some laying around like for a laptop computer, a WI or a Playstation. Strip the plug off the end separate the wires. Use a volt meter and find out which lead is plus 12 connect a red wire to it with an alligator clip from radio shack and connect a black wire and an alligator clip to the black wire and you now have a vex battery charger. The better bet would be to buy a new 7 amp battery with a charger included. Then you will have a back up battery. If your battery is more then 3 years old you probably only get about 1/2 the normal use out of it compared to when it was new.

[lakeshoremunster]

get a old car phone charger and a multi meter and some aligator clips and cut off the end of the charger and connect the clips on to the wire

use the meter to find out which one is pos and neg and lable them, then charge the battery on the drive up to low

[Ed Carlson]

Go to Gander, Scheels, Sportsman's, Wall Mart, or Fleet Farm and buy a generic 12V 1.5 amp charger for $15 to $19.

Or better yet, go for the real deal and the best overall choice, buy the Vexilar V-410 Smart Charger for $24.99 in the fishing dept.

[goose89]

Or better yet, go for the real deal and the best overall choice, buy the Vexilar V-410 Smart Charger for $24.99 in the fishing dept.

+1. Great advice. Very nice unit. Can't "cook" batteries. It's definately paid for itself as I go through batteries WAY less than I used to with the cheapie, "i bet that's long enough" or "[PoorWordUsage], that's been charging for a week" charger. Spend the extra 10, and save yourself alot more than that, and more frustration down the road.

[Ed Carlson]

I see you may live or be in Moorhead MN.

I sent you an e-mail with more options, check your e-mail bud.