[RFI] Battery charger recommendations

Gary Smith Gary at ka1j.com
Tue Aug 27 21:18:21 EDT 2019


Looking for further suggestions with my 
solar power project. I have two 6V Trojan 
SPRE 06 415 Deep Cycle Batteries in 
series.

https://www.trojanbattery.com/pdf/datashee
ts/SPRE_06_415_DS.pdf

Understanding better now how true deep 
cycle batteries need to be cared for & 
fed, I will be having too little charge to 
keep them up with the smaller portable 
solar panels I have & will need to have 
more than a trickle to keep them going 
when using them for my 12V supply in the 
shack. 

(I will in the future get larger panels 
for the house, but for now, my two 110 
watt panels is what I have for camping & 
emergency/radio power needs).

I've been looking at chargers to handle a 
400 amp supply and address future battery 
issues, & the two "smart chargers" that 
seemed good for the long haul to cover all 
my various battery needs are the NOCO 
Genius G26000 and the CTEK US 25000. Both 
are expensive, the NOCO does more, is less 
expensive & even handles Lithium 
batteries, but I understand NOCO chargers 
are bad news for RFI. As this'll be 
located in the shack and connected 
constantly, I'm concerned. I don't know 
about the CTEK & RFI.

Nobody local has the NOCO so I can't 
easily get one & return it if it's noisy. 
I can always return one from Amazon Prime 
but would rather find a substantial deep 
cycle charger that is not likely to be a 
RFI factory, and not have to return it.

Suggestions?

Thanks & 73,

Gary
KA1J



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