$7 Vex Batteries!!!

[Bobb-o]

axman on university in st paul has GlobTek batteries for vexilars for just $7, but they do not include a charger

[Dan Brelje]

Will a normal vex charger work for these?

[Paul Waldowski]

Yes, they will. They will also work with any 12 volt smart charger.

[vikingmeatwad]

These will work with a marcum LX-3 right? Where could I get a cheap charger for these?

Also where on university in st paul is this?

thanks!

[Bobb-o]

its aboot a block west of university and snelling, yes i believe they will work on the marcum, i know they will also work on an aqua vu not sure where you can get the cheap charger at.

[Paul Waldowski]

meatwad,

Will you be @ cool Cats on Saturday? If so..shoot me an e-mail and I will bring you one. Have a bunch of them laying around here somewhere

[vikingmeatwad]

Thanks anyways paul but I won't be able to make it. I will be stopping to get a few batteries from that store tomorrow nite. I hope they have some in the st louis park location.

[vikingmeatwad]

Called the St Louis park location and he said he has a 12volt 7 amp for $13.

He said he had the same at the st. paul location.

I still may go grab one.

[Franchiz]

I was just there over lunch hour (fighting hockey crowds) and the batteries have been sold out for a couple days. They also had the 12 volt 7 amp batteries for $12.95.

[vikingmeatwad]

Thanks again, I got 2 7 amps for 13 each so i will try them tonite and let you guys know.

I still have to get a charger, might just grab a battery minder from northern tool for $50.

[vikingmeatwad]

The 2 7 amp batteries I got will not hold a charge and I charged them with my car charger. How have they worked for you guys?

I will be returning them.

[Ed Carlson]

If you overcharge them 7 amp cells they are shot..toast.

You should use a charger made for the 7 amp cells. Preferably a "Smart Charger" system that will shut itself off before overcharging.

[vikingmeatwad]

Right, that's why I hooked it up and kept checking it. It didn't increase the charge at all.

Seems to me the battery wouldn't charge at all.

I will get a brand new one at gander and see.

[jgeatz]

I think if you use a car battery charger, you will wreck those little batteries, they can't take that much juice that quick. If you look at the chargers that are recommended for them they hardly put out any juice. They are made to charge slow and long. Even two amps is way to much, I think you are cooking them to hot to quick.

[vikingmeatwad]

I returned them and when I brought them in the guys told me that the batteries were actually 2 different 12 volt batteries. when using the outside clamps that the battery was pushing 24v. So it would actually be 2 3.5amp batteries.

Luckily it didn't do anything to my marcum and it shut off right away but I wish they would have let me know that right away :-)

I now bought a new vex/marcum battery that came with a smart charger. I will be getting a battery charger/maintainer for $50 from northern tool.

Thanks!