Auto Battery Charger

[Rat44]

I just bought a new battery for my '80 GS-850.
I have a 2 amp car charger.
Can I get away with using it for the initial charge or will I ruin the battery?

[Rat44]

Hello.
Anybody?

[Jaguarjoe]

A 2 amp charger should be perfect for that.

[Billy Ricks]

Charging at 2 amps will be fine. Just make sure the fluid level is where it belongs and the caps are loosened to vent the battery.

[Rat44]

Thanks guys.
Didn't mean to get impatient.
The parts store closes soon and I want to ride.
I just couldn't remember if small batteries would be ruined by overcharging.

[Billy Ricks]

You'll probably need 7 hours of charging at 2 amps.

[Rat44]

I know I need a smaller charger for the bike.
I am out of work at the moment and didn't want to spend money needlessly.
But I didn't want to ruin a good battery either.

[Steve]

If you only want to buy ONE, go to Wal-Mart, get the Schumacher battery charger/maintainer. It is $18.44, has either a 1 1/2 or 2 amp charger, then tapers off to a maintenance charge. You can connect this to your battery when you store it for the winter, and disconnect it when you are ready to ride.

If the charger you are looking at is a manual charger, I would not even leave it connected overnight. About 6 hours should be the max. If it is an 'automatic' charger, I would not go more than a day or so, but if it's a charger/maintainer, you can leave it on indefinitely.

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[Rat44]

I have an older 2/10 amp charger.
I will pick up a smaller one when finances permit.
I will just let it charge on 2 for about 5 hours.
I have to change the carb manifold boots and can't find my impact set.
This is not being a good weekend.

[spots25]

another option is to find a 12v power supply, and hook that up to the battery. I haven't got a charger out here at school, but 400ma for like a day worked like a charm on my friends and my battery