•If your vehicle won’t start – It is not necessary to fully charge your battery to start a vehicle. If operating the vehicle continuously for an extended period of time (such as a long drive) the vehicle’s charging system should charge the battery during that period. If the vehicle will only be operating for a short period of time (short drive) the battery might need to recharge before starting the vehicle again.
•Reviving your battery – It is not necessary to fully charge your battery to start a vehicle. When the battery’s charge is 77% or more, the battery has usually been charged enough for the vehicle to start and operate normally.
•Completing an interrupted charge – If the charging process has been interrupted and restarted, the charger could go straight to Maintain Mode. However the charge can often be completed using the 2A rate.
12.CALCULATING charge time
Use the table on page 14 to more accurately determine the time it will take to bring a battery to full charge. First, identify where your battery fits into the chart.
•Small batteries – motorcycle, garden tractors, etc. – are usually rated in
Ampere Hours (AH). For example: 6, 12, 32 AH etc.
•Batteries in cars and smaller trucks are usually rated in Reserve Capacity
(RC),
•Marine or
•NR means that the charger setting is NOT RECOMMENDED.
Find your battery rating on the chart and note the charge time given for each charger setting. The times given are for batteries with a
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