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My Bride got me a Schumacher battery chargera couple yrs ago when the battery would mysteriously die. Last spring, I only had to charge the bat after winter storage. This summer I have started the carto pull it out the garage to wash it. Went on vacation, battery was dead!
Put it on the charger, & the needle stays around the red zone, not taking much charge. The unit gets pretty warm to the touch. I've never realy paid attention til I sawthe needle not moving a whole bunch even after 8-10 hrs on charge.
I put it on Maint Free battery, 2 amp.

The Pos terminal was also noticeably warm to touch, the Neg was ok.

Battery is 3 yrs old, AutoZone hi-end.

Is Schumacher a good to decent brand??

I'll jump it later tonight & go for a ride.

If any one has ideas, tips, or tricks, I would appreciate the words of wisdom!!
Thanks!!!!

Gumby

Get a floating battery charger, $7-$9 from harborfreight.com

I got 3 of them now, and they work better then my pricy big box charger and has brought many back from the dead.

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Thanks Gumby!! I honestly never would have thought about something like that!!

Eagle223usa

I've had a Shumacher for years and it has always been great. I do use a battery tender to keep everything ready and charged up.

UnderCover89TBI

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schumacher is good stuff. autozone batteries not so much. Interstate

Gumby

Only thing my big box is good for is the 50amp jump start and using it to clean rust off metal parts. [electrolysis]

Those floaters are tiny but powerful, works different and works right.

Brought back several from the dead that the big box could not.

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Well........

No time for a ride!!Tomorrow I'll go under & see it any wires are loose, fried, etc b4 we try a jump.

Gumby, thanks for the tip about a floater.

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Undercover--
DOH!!! A friend of ours owns a auto repair & sells Interstate!!! DOH!!! ( Burry head in shame & disgust for getting AutoZone )!!! Let the thrashing begin LOL!!!

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iTrader: (3)

Floater & tender the same thing??..

Gumby

no most are trickle charges, regular battery charger are trickle.

has to say floating on it, its different.

kairles

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I have 2 Schumacher maintainers(1 for 5 years) never had a problem with either.

Just so you know Interstate batteries are made by Johnson Control. Johnson Control also makes Autozones batteries. Most Duralast batteries have about the same power as an Interstate, some times more. A Duralast Gold(hi end) is better than an Interstate.

Confuzed1

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Same here! I use the Shumacher charger for a quick charge, and the Batt. Tender for storage - even if I'm not driving the car for a week....

At least in my experience with Autozone, they have cheap import and mediocre at best at "high" prices...no high "end" anything - even though they may claim it is...

theNMBR27

It's definitely not the charger, grab an optima and you're golden.