Real Manual Battery Charger?

[Duke Gilleland]

Some years back I purchased the largest manual battery charger that Sears offered.(On Wheels) It has been a good one but is starting to show wear. Recently the vent fan went out. I rigged up a small 6" exterior fan to remedy the problem. figured I had better locate one soon as I don't want to get caught short.
I spent 4-5 hours Saturday running around from auto parts stores, Tractor Supply, and Ace hardware stores trying to locate a TRUE manual battery charger. I had no luck. The big ones(compared to the old DieHard brand) have all gone electronic with timers. Even saw a few that were marked manual but had timers on them(2 hours max)
Question...Does anyone make a REAL manual charger that is set for operation with toggle/paddle switches? ANY HELP APPRECIATED!

[Duke Gilleland]

Some years back I purchased the largest manual battery charger that Sears offered.(On Wheels) It has been a good one but is starting to show wear. Recently the vent fan went out. I rigged up a small 6" exterior fan to remedy the problem. figured I had better locate one soon as I don't want to get caught short.
I spent 4-5 hours Saturday running around from auto parts stores, Tractor Supply, and Ace hardware stores trying to locate a TRUE manual battery charger. I had no luck. The big ones(compared to the old DieHard brand) have all gone electronic with timers. Even saw a few that were marked manual but had timers on them(2 hours max)
Question...Does anyone make a REAL manual charger that is set for operation with toggle/paddle switches? ANY HELP APPRECIATED! 2nd time posting and still in need!

[Cheryl Watson]

Duke, unfortunately, I haven't found one either 

The new rage is  power supplies on Amazon, but I don't like the choices I'm seeing on those.. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=power+supply&crid=12LZ68DDRO48U&sprefix=power+supply%2Caps%2C81&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

I run at 20 Amps and I hope that when my manual Schumacher's go that my local electronic wizard shop is still there to repair/rebuild it. :(

[Cheryl Watson]

I was looking at these... but scratching my head, as the 20 AMP setting is for engine start...... (it's like hieroglyphics to read the control panels) Pic 1 below....

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/farm-ranch-10-20-40-200a-6-12v-manual-wheel-charger-fr01534?cm_vc=-10005&fbclid=IwAR3xQTYcgWj8ng7VqksEWhIKIyo-9uFbS0M7pEm7XLB4PGiXtavmX4NessI

Will post the other Schumacher if I can find it again... lol.

[Cheryl Watson]

Duke, in the past 3 months, now Schumacher has changed their website... 


So scroll down this link, and they still list a few wheeled chargers as manual...  (not sure I trust what they say... lol) 
https://www.schumacherelectric.com/products/categories/automotive-battery-chargers/?s=manual+battery+charger&bc-sort=title_desc#shop-all

[Paul Michael]

I don't know if this helps but I got a Schauer solid state charger from a local junk collector a few months ago and it works amazing. It has only one  3 position switch on it  6v/off/12v.  I run it at 6 volts and it produces around 6 amps. It works better than the standup/wheeled charger I was using before. I have it hooked up to several stainless steel plates in a 55 gal drum and I've had zero issues with it, it runs 24/7. 

[Cheryl Watson]

Well, HOWDY Paul... <again.. >.  Happy to see you finally posted!!

Some of us got a bit spoiled with our manual chargers over the years...

My chargers (same model 'twins') run at 20 amps. ( I purchased this model purposefully..  )

10-13 years ago there were many more 'choices'.. 

I am more concerned with the 'light' weight cables/clamps on some of the new fangled power supplies, as Electrolysis demands are substantial...

[Craig Allison]

Would something like this work?

https://chitios.com/product/6-12v-manual-starter-charger

[Cheryl Watson]

Craig, that link tripped my Anti Virus Program and was blocked... (AVG)

[Craig Allison]

Hmmm.
Opens right up here.
If it needs deleted then do so.