Schumacher XCS15 SpeedCharge 15 Amp Ship 'n Shore Battery Charger
From Schumacher
Product Description
This 15 amp fast charge charger monitors battery condition and adjusts charge rate to prevent battery damage. Perfect for car, truck, marine, RV, farm equipment, AGM, gel cell and deep-cycle batteries. The 10 amp charge has a self-adjusting charge rate for everyday charging needs and keeping your battery in peak condition. The 2 amp slow charge is great for charging small and maintaining large batteries; charges motorcycle, ATV, snowmobile and lawn tractor batteries. The auto voltage detection means the charger automatically determines whether the connected battery is a 6 volt battery or a 12 volt battery.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #119934 in Automotive
- Brand: Schumacher
- Model: XCS15
Features
- Charger monitors battery condition and adjusts charge rate to prevent battery damage
- For car, truck, marine, RV, farm equipment, AGM, gel cell and deep-cycle batteries
- The 10 ampere charge has a self-adjusting charge rate for everyday charging needs and keeping your battery in peak condition
- 2 amp slow charge is great for charging small and maintaining large batteries
- The charger automatically determines whether the connected battery is a 6 volt battery or a 12 volt battery
Most helpful customer reviews
15 of 19 people found the following review helpful.I purchased this unit at a large chain department store nearby - not through Amazon because I needed it immediately to charge my dead car battery. The unit is easy to use - but, you should read the instructions first otherwise you could damage your battery if it's not set up properly. The buttons on the unit have icons that indicate fast, slow, and maintenance charging modes. You should know under what circumstances to use those modes. There are also buttons for battery type selection that are important as well.Note that the unit is actually rated at 15amp not 10amp as indicated in the Amazon description at this writing - which is a good thing.The only issue that I have with the unit is that there is a cooling fan that is very loud. I can understand the necessity to cool the charger's components when charging a battery at high currents. The problem is that the fan is always on even when the battery becomes fully charged and is being trickle charged at low current levels when entering maintenance mode. I would have preferred that the fan be thermostatically controlled so that the fan comes on only when the charger's components heat up during fast charging. The fan should shut off during maintenance mode. Since the unit is microprocessor controlled, it would be a very simple matter to control the fan thermostatically for the price of a thermistor - about a 50 cents in cost. As an electrical engineer and professional software developer, I can attest that the additional software development time to implement such a feature would be about 15 minutes.Of course, if the manufacturer designed the unit with inadequate heat sinking on the critical electronic components to save costs, then the fan could be a requirement even at trickle charging rates. But, that would be a design flaw that would manifest itself in early life failure of the electronic components - which would be even more problematic.So, if you are looking for a charger to maintain a battery in full charge condition using a trickle charge mode (sans fan cacophony), then you may want to pass this one by.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.This is a great little charger. I am using a large 460AH bank of batteries in my van dwelling and purchased this as an emergency charger after my expensive unit died. Once I hooked it up, it was astonishingly simple is to use. Now I want to keep it as a backup.This unit has a cool percentage charged indicator. It was easy to hookup and turn on. The icons are a little confusing but all you need to know is your battery type and how to turn it on. It will do the rest for you. Most impressive!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.I bought this as it seemed to be a 3 stage charger, or at least would float the battery when done. I am using this to charge a group 27 battery. Twice I have left it run over night and in the morning it shows that it is at 100% and it "should" back off to a float status of charging...... NOPE! It holds the voltage between 16.5-17.1. Way too high. This is on the 'fast' charging rate. If you choose the middle charging rate, I checked the voltage after letting it go all night and it was being held at 100% and 13.4V. On the fast charging rate once it gets up to the high 90% of charge range that's when it spikes the voltage, which would be fine once in a while to a equalization charge. I haven't watched the voltage on the middle charging rate to see if it still spikes the voltage when it is in the high 90% range of charge.
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