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Yes, that would have been a good idea...
Mine is the XS-7000, which is now re-named as the Ctek MXS 7.0 and I'd say its a later variant as it uses words for the various modes. - I've seen User Instructions that show voltages instead.
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The case can run pretty warm when its working hard. (Large stuffed battery like N70Z)
I'm very happy with it. You get what you pay for.
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yes that one has the "zapping" feature, not sure if its designed as a dedicated zapper or as a byproduct of the pulse charging routine.
the really good ones have a setting thats for "re-juvinate" and they're the ones with the dedicated "blow up your vehicle electronics" zapping feature.
of course the primitive way of zapping a battery is to remove one of the diodes from an alternator and bridge it directly, rough on the alternator but boy, does it remove sulphation from batteries.
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I'd reccomed one of these ... I have recovered quite a few sulphated batteries with it (ride-on to automotive) using its dedicated rejuvination setting. Does 2A/10A/21A charge rates, settings for wet/sealed (AGM), calcium & gel batteries, and bang for buck is better value than a 25A C-Tek (not that there's anything wrong with CTek ... other than the price).
OzCharge - 12 Volt - Selectable 2/10/21 Amp Battery Charger & Maintainer
$220 - SMARTCHARGER 12V 21AMP ELECTRONIC 7 STAGE CARAVAN/4X4 BATTERY CHARGER | eBay
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yep, one of them would do the trick too..
The only thing you need to be careful of with these...
If your going to use one to charge a battery while its still hooked up to a load if the load is anything more technically advanced than basic lighting or dumb loads fit a choke between the battery and the load, I like to use a toroid winding and a semi decent sized capacitor after the primary fuse/circuit breaker but before the distribution board.
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Why is that Dave ?
I have (for the last 2.5yrs on & off) used it to keep my batteries (old = calcium & wet lead acid deep cycle / new = optima D31A / D34) topped up whilst I've run the ARB fridge. Still on now after a 3 weeks Xmas run. haven't had any failures or issues .... dissconnect when we go for a drive, and reconnect when we get back ...
Connected to the cranking battery side/terminal of drivesafes USI160.
