From: David Cole (DavidCole@tk7.net)
Date: Wed Aug 20 2003 - 20:29:12 PDT
If you have room in the charger, you may be able to fit a standard bathroom
fan type timer into the case. I've seen them with 1 hr to 4 hr settings.
They are about $10 or so at Home Depot type places. Grainger probably
stocks a couple of windup type timers also. I've had terrible luck with
"Automatic" chargers. They work for a few months and then the automatic
part fails. And if they are working in Automatic, they will cook the
battery anyway if left on for a couple of weeks. That's not what I call
automatic, unless they really mean "Automatically fries your battery". (:-
<)
How much do you have to pay for an automatic charger that really works
automatically?
Dave
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On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 00:25:41 -0400, Bill Kealey <cwkealey@charter.net>
wrote:
> Glen,
> Instead of a wind-up timer, would one of the 110 volt electric timers
> from a
> hardware store work? These are also available, I believe, at stores like
> WalMart, Lowes, Home Depot and other stores with home repair items. The
> kind that I have plug into a wall socket and you can either switch it to
> "ON" all of the time that the switch is in that position or slide it to
> the
> "TIMER" position. This has a 24/7 clock type timer on the dial which you
> can set the individual hours that you want the timer on or off.
>
> I used one on our waterbed when the heaters thermostat broke, both
> heaters
> worked but the thermostat refused to. The timer worked great.
>
> There are different types and amps. capable timers. Sorry, about the
> power
> description here, I am totally electrically inept.
>
> Just wondering if this might be easier and possibly less work and
> expense.
>
> Bill K.
> MVPA
> 1954 USMC M38A1
> 1972 US Army M35A2
> 1985 USAF M105A2
>
>> I bought a Schauer DX5 (Japlar/Schauer) awhile ago and it works great!
>> It has a switch on the front to select 6, 12 or 24V; so I can use it on
> the
>> MV or the civy cars. It's 10A but I have been able to pull 15A with no
>> problem as indicated on the meter on the front.
>>
>> The only thing its missing is a timer or automatic cut-off. But there
>> is
>> plenty of room inside for a mechanical wind-up timer that I plan to add.
>
>
>
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-- Dave
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