Schumacher SE-4020 10/40/200 Amp Wheel-Style Charger/Starter
October 31, 2014 - Comment
Product Features Heavy duty, wheel charger is recommended for home, farm, garage and recreational use on maintenance free, low maintenance, deep cycle and conventional 6 and 12-Volt batteries 10-Amp high rate continuous charger will recharge batteries in 3- to 5-hours 40-Amp fast charge will quickly recharge dead batteries in 40-minutes to 2-1/2-hours 200-Amp starter charger
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NOT real high quality Ive had this a couple of years and it really hasn’t measured up. It can charge quickly but not fast, has no over charge protection, most of the parts are on the low end (ie wheels, handle, cables, clamps). It seems to be twice as large as it needs to be. But the 2 biggest issues with this is the poor performance of the 200-amp start and the cables literally melting every time you use it. I have used this 15 – 20 times over 2 years and the cables have ROTTED off. First the cable insulation would…
Not a good charger for deep cell batteries! I have been trying to locate from Amazon.com a charger that would individually charge Trojan 105 Batteries used for Golf Carts. The description said the SE4020 would do this but when I tried to charge a six volt deep cell battery it did not do the job. The clamps are not heavy enough to clamp heavy duty batteries, nor are the wires. I believe the wires should be a heavier guage to prevent over heating. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is because of the reason specified above. Also I really…