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Wallmart Charger
Earlier this year there was something about an $80 something battery
charger that was being sold at Wallmart. Does anyone have the info to pass on? Thanks Dave |
Walmart Charger
The charger is made by Vector Mfg. The one with your approximate price has 4 charge settings from 2-35 amps. The charger also desulphates older batteries. It works I have one. Amazon sells it online for $75. there are other more/less powerful ones. |
Walmart Charger
The charger is made by Vector Mfg. The one with your approximate price has 4 charge settings from 2-35 amps. The charger also desulphates older batteries. It works I have one. Amazon sells it online for $75. there are other more/less powerful ones. |
Wallmart Charger
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Dave Hamilton wrote: Earlier this year there was something about an $80 something battery charger that was being sold at Wallmart. Does anyone have the info to pass on? Thanks Dave As mentioned they're by Vector. Got one and found it is *extremely* RF "noisy". Knocks out FM reception for at leat 50' around. Can only imagine what it does on the AM or SSB bands. -- Jere Lull Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD) Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
Wallmart Charger
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Dave Hamilton wrote: Earlier this year there was something about an $80 something battery charger that was being sold at Wallmart. Does anyone have the info to pass on? Thanks Dave As mentioned they're by Vector. Got one and found it is *extremely* RF "noisy". Knocks out FM reception for at leat 50' around. Can only imagine what it does on the AM or SSB bands. -- Jere Lull Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD) Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
Wallmart Charger
Jere Lull wrote in message ...
In article , Dave Hamilton wrote: Earlier this year there was something about an $80 something battery charger that was being sold at Wallmart. Does anyone have the info to pass on? Thanks Dave As mentioned they're by Vector. Got one and found it is *extremely* RF "noisy". Knocks out FM reception for at leat 50' around. Can only imagine what it does on the AM or SSB bands. It MUST be good. It's from your friends at Chinamart er, I mean, Walmart. I can't imagine it not being top quality... Coff |
Wallmart Charger
Jere Lull wrote in message ...
In article , Dave Hamilton wrote: Earlier this year there was something about an $80 something battery charger that was being sold at Wallmart. Does anyone have the info to pass on? Thanks Dave As mentioned they're by Vector. Got one and found it is *extremely* RF "noisy". Knocks out FM reception for at leat 50' around. Can only imagine what it does on the AM or SSB bands. It MUST be good. It's from your friends at Chinamart er, I mean, Walmart. I can't imagine it not being top quality... Coff |
Wallmart Charger
Hey thanks all I got just what I wanted a cross section of info... I
guess I will be looking at another brand of charger. Dave Coff wrote: Jere Lull wrote in message ... In article , Dave Hamilton wrote: Earlier this year there was something about an $80 something battery charger that was being sold at Wallmart. Does anyone have the info to pass on? Thanks Dave As mentioned they're by Vector. Got one and found it is *extremely* RF "noisy". Knocks out FM reception for at leat 50' around. Can only imagine what it does on the AM or SSB bands. It MUST be good. It's from your friends at Chinamart er, I mean, Walmart. I can't imagine it not being top quality... Coff |
Wallmart Charger
Hey thanks all I got just what I wanted a cross section of info... I
guess I will be looking at another brand of charger. Dave Coff wrote: Jere Lull wrote in message ... In article , Dave Hamilton wrote: Earlier this year there was something about an $80 something battery charger that was being sold at Wallmart. Does anyone have the info to pass on? Thanks Dave As mentioned they're by Vector. Got one and found it is *extremely* RF "noisy". Knocks out FM reception for at leat 50' around. Can only imagine what it does on the AM or SSB bands. It MUST be good. It's from your friends at Chinamart er, I mean, Walmart. I can't imagine it not being top quality... Coff |
Walmart Charger
On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:21:58 -0400, Parker
wrote: The charger is made by Vector Mfg. The one with your approximate price has 4 charge settings from 2-35 amps. The charger also desulphates older batteries. It works I have one. Amazon sells it online for $75. there are other more/less powerful ones. This is the model I've just used on a 2 month cruise to keep four T105s topped off. It worked great running with a Honda i1000eu generator less than 1 hr/day and I would highly recommend it. For all the WallWorld bashers, Vector chargers may also be bought at WestMarine or BoatersWorld for the usual marine markup and the charger will come with a "-M" designation. |
Walmart Charger
Rick J wrote in
: For all the WallWorld bashers, Vector chargers may also be bought at WestMarine or BoatersWorld for the usual marine markup and the charger will come with a "-M" designation. Ah, yes, but at Waste Marine/Boat US you have the priviledge of paying $129 for the 35A stripped down model, instead of $89 for the 40A/100A starting model at Wally World. Obviously, well-to-do yachtsmen would pay the extra $40 for a chinzier model....rather than be seen by fellow yachtsmen buying something off a rack at Wally World on the cheap.....(c; Pointing this out to Waste Marine managers, by the way, will get you snubbed as you are obviously NOT the class of clientele Waste Marine wants in their stores.... Larry W4CSC |
Walmart Charger
For a Marine designation there are probably some upgrades. Stainless
contacts and probably a sealed circuit board. Perhaps some spray proofing. Maybe powder coated vs paint and maybe more non-sparking. Add this to a small market and you get the $40 markup. Perhaps someone could write Vector and ask what is the difference in the plain vs the -M model. "Larry W4CSC" wrote in message ... Rick J wrote in : For all the WallWorld bashers, Vector chargers may also be bought at WestMarine or BoatersWorld for the usual marine markup and the charger will come with a "-M" designation. Ah, yes, but at Waste Marine/Boat US you have the priviledge of paying $129 for the 35A stripped down model, instead of $89 for the 40A/100A starting model at Wally World. Obviously, well-to-do yachtsmen would pay the extra $40 for a chinzier model....rather than be seen by fellow yachtsmen buying something off a rack at Wally World on the cheap.....(c; Pointing this out to Waste Marine managers, by the way, will get you snubbed as you are obviously NOT the class of clientele Waste Marine wants in their stores.... Larry W4CSC |
Walmart Charger
On Sun, 09 May 2004 04:22:36 -0000, Larry W4CSC wrote
(with possible editing): Rick J wrote in : For all the WallWorld bashers, Vector chargers may also be bought at WestMarine or BoatersWorld for the usual marine markup and the charger will come with a "-M" designation. Ah, yes, but at Waste Marine/Boat US you have the priviledge of paying $129 for the 35A stripped down model, instead of $89 for the 40A/100A starting model at Wally World. Obviously, well-to-do yachtsmen would pay the extra $40 for a chinzier model....rather than be seen by fellow yachtsmen buying something off a rack at Wally World on the cheap.....(c; Pointing this out to Waste Marine managers, by the way, will get you snubbed as you are obviously NOT the class of clientele Waste Marine wants in their stores.... Larry W4CSC Larry, I've been looking for the charger you mentioned for a while now, but none of the local Walmarts seem to carry it. Do you happen to have a Walmart item number? Thanks, -- 73, Larry W1HJF rapp at lmr dot com |
Walmart Charger
There's no WalMart number on it, Larry, but the model is Vector 1093A and I
paid WalMart in N Charleston, SC, $89 for it. Look on: http://www.battery-rechargeable-char...r-car-battery- charger-products.html (sorry, take out the wordwrap if you have to to get the whole html) Just above the 1093A you'll see the $79 1092A that WestMarine is selling for $130...2/10/20/35A only. Internet pricing on the 1093A if you search Google for VEC1093A seems to be $109. But, all our WalMart superstores here have it right next to the car battery racks in the car/tire departments. It may be only in WalMarts that have an auto shop for selling tires and doing oil changes in them. I threw the box away and can't locate the walmart ticket at the moment as it went to the bookkeeper with my business tax crap for the IRS-Gestapo. Sorry. Larry W4CSC L. M. Rappaport wrote in : Larry, I've been looking for the charger you mentioned for a while now, but none of the local Walmarts seem to carry it. Do you happen to have a Walmart item number? Thanks, -- 73, Larry W1HJF rapp at lmr dot com |
Walmart Charger
On Mon, 10 May 2004 00:52:47 -0000, Larry W4CSC wrote
(with possible editing): There's no WalMart number on it, Larry, but the model is Vector 1093A and I paid WalMart in N Charleston, SC, $89 for it. Look on: http://www.battery-rechargeable-char...r-car-battery- charger-products.html (sorry, take out the wordwrap if you have to to get the whole html) Just above the 1093A you'll see the $79 1092A that WestMarine is selling for $130...2/10/20/35A only. Internet pricing on the 1093A if you search Google for VEC1093A seems to be $109. But, all our WalMart superstores here have it right next to the car battery racks in the car/tire departments. It may be only in WalMarts that have an auto shop for selling tires and doing oil changes in them. I threw the box away and can't locate the walmart ticket at the moment as it went to the bookkeeper with my business tax crap for the IRS-Gestapo. Sorry. Larry W4CSC Thanks, Larry, I guess I'll just have to keep looking. One of these days, I'll be close to a larger Walmart - maybe they've got it. I guess I"m just too cheap to buy one for 109 when I know I can get it for 89! -- Larry Email to rapp at lmr dot com |
Walmart Charger
"Rick & Linda Bernard" wrote in
: For a Marine designation there are probably some upgrades. Stainless contacts and probably a sealed circuit board. Perhaps some spray proofing. Maybe powder coated vs paint and maybe more non-sparking. Add this to a small market and you get the $40 markup. Perhaps someone could write Vector and ask what is the difference in the plain vs the -M model. Look at both. No difference...nada. |
Walmart Charger
L. M. Rappaport wrote in
: I guess I'll just have to keep looking. One of these days, I'll be close to a larger Walmart - maybe they've got it. I guess I"m just too cheap to buy one for 109 when I know I can get it for 89! -- Larry Email to rapp at lmr dot com Stop by the service desk with the model number and they'll order it for you at the Walmart price. |
Walmart Charger
L. M. Rappaport wrote:
I guess I'll just have to keep looking. One of these days, I'll be close to a larger Walmart - maybe they've got it. I've been to four WalMarts in Northern Virginia and none had anything but the junkie Shumacher chargers. |
Walmart Charger
Amazon.com sells the Vector chargers and NO SALES TAX. The 2/10/20/35
sells for $75. Delivery takes a couple of weeks. We've used this charger and it works great. A lot of RF noise but who cares you just wait to use your SSB or other RF receiver when the charger is completed. |
Walmart Charger
Parker wrote in
: Amazon.com sells the Vector chargers and NO SALES TAX. The 2/10/20/35 sells for $75. Delivery takes a couple of weeks. We've used this charger and it works great. A lot of RF noise but who cares you just wait to use your SSB or other RF receiver when the charger is completed. Good priced, too. The SAME charger at Waste Marine is $130! Larry |
Walmart Charger
I have been following this thread, but missed a point. How does the charger
deal with gel cells? I looked at one in West and it does not seem to have any ability to change the max voltage. -- Dennis Gibbons dkgibbons at optonline dot net "Larry W4CSC" wrote in message ... Parker wrote in : Amazon.com sells the Vector chargers and NO SALES TAX. The 2/10/20/35 sells for $75. Delivery takes a couple of weeks. We've used this charger and it works great. A lot of RF noise but who cares you just wait to use your SSB or other RF receiver when the charger is completed. Good priced, too. The SAME charger at Waste Marine is $130! Larry |
Walmart Charger
"Dennis Gibbons" wrote in
. net: I have been following this thread, but missed a point. How does the charger deal with gel cells? I looked at one in West and it does not seem to have any ability to change the max voltage. It's for charging real batteries, not gelcells.... |
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