With temps dipping down to -4 degrees lately, going out to my car to find it wont start is a real drag on a cold morning. My battery is an Optima red top, and its less than 9 months old...so I had a hard time thinking it went bad.
I received my SSC-1000A charger and ran out to the garage to figure out whats going on. I couldn't believe how light and small the charger was. All the cables (power, charger clamps) store neatly inside the unit which I though was great for storage.
I hooked up the cable clamps to my dead battery and watched the LED screen. It read 11.3 volts and 17% charge...I toughed out the freezing temps and stood watching the battery, slowly it came up but wouldn't get over 12 volts. I had my buddy jump the car and re-connected the charger, long story short my battery failed internally. I popped the + terminal off to check the alternator, things were fine there.
I ran the battery back to the auto store and exchanged it out. I returned home to hook the charger up to the new battery. It read 13.8 volts, and 65% charged, it started my ice cold car no problem.
I left the charger on the battery to monitor any drops in power, then turned it on to charge the new battery to 100%, the charger is a real life saver, and the LED screen saves having to pull out your voltmeter. I would highly recommend this charger to anybody who wants a versatile trickle/slow/fast charger, with options for all sorts of battery types.
You'll thank me on those cold winter days. Get more detail about Schumacher SSC-1000A Automatic Speed Battery Charger.
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