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Renipladlo · 10-02-2012, 11:16 PM

All - After realizing that the house batteries were down below useable when went to get MH from shop, I got to thinking that maybe I should be carrying a portable battery charger.

Since there are a variety of battery types in use, and I have the Lifeline AGM's, I was wondering if anyone carry's a portable unit for those times when you need to boost up the coach starting batteries, or your toad battery.

I am leaning toward the Schumacher PSC-12500A model. It has a 125A boost starting, and 40/15 amp 12VDC charging, and is 3 stage type. It has an AGM setting as well.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

corjaguar · 10-03-2012, 05:25 AM

What I carry is a 1000 peak battery amp/500 starting amp battery power pack, it also has a small compressor.......great little backup for when you or someone else needs a jump without you having to drag out the jumper cables.
If you are staying in one place for a period of time, or like I do when I store, is I have a 10 watt solar panel that I have wired directly to my batteries.....I just lay the panel on the roof with suction cups and they stay good and tight.

jzick · 10-03-2012, 05:29 AM

We carry a Schumacher charger - don't know the model number - it is a small portable with capability for charging different kinds of batteries. I used it when our convertor/charger was out for about a month to keep batteries charged and use it to charge chassis batteries when we are parked for a couple months somewhere. I have also used it when some dummy left the towd in ACC overnight (guess who?) to recharge the batteries. IMO, too cheap and small not to carry at least one.

336muffin · 10-03-2012, 06:02 AM

I too carry a automatic battery charger with a boost.

Algoma · 10-03-2012, 08:48 AM

I am thinking I should start carrying my battery charger with me as well. Never had the coach batteries go down but have had problems with the car battery after towing for several days. ( I am looking at the Toad-Charge to fix that problem). Your AGM's are just sealed wet cells (SLA) so you can use any charger you like. Being deep cycle they can accept a high initial charge so 100A (like your coach's inverter/charger) would be fine if you need to recharge quickly. I also use a solar panel to keep the batteries topped up in storage, but you have to be parked outside to do that.

Renipladlo · 10-07-2012, 07:58 PM

Ok the Schumache it is. I can get the one I want from amazon at 112.00 so that is where I will get it. All the other places wanted more. Nice it's made here, instead of china.